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noun

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Recent Examples of conventual
Adjective
But degraded conventual forces could drive Putin to other means of exerting force. Matt Seyler, ABC News, 10 May 2022 The Rev. Brad Heckathorne, a Conventual Franciscan friar, performed the ceremony at the chapel at Duke University. New York Times, 23 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventual
Adjective
  • For Seal Team Six, that meant adhering to an almost monastic routine.
    Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Auerbach lived a famously monastic existence, devoting himself to his work.
    The Week UK, theweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In response, the diocese said in a statement that the Holy See has acted toward healing the Arlington Carmel and the nuns in the community and not simply the former prioress and her former councilors.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey.
    Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • The abrupt appearance and disappearance of the mendicant pilgrim is part of her power.
    Seyward Darby, Longreads, 5 Apr. 2023
  • No doubt the traditional tunic and mantle of his mendicant religious order met some standard of austerity when they were adopted in the Middle Ages.
    Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 2 Jan. 2021
Adjective
  • After the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine, writes guest columnist Eli Federman.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Something has changed, not in church law or doctrine but in moral theology and the pastoral application of sacramental discipline.
    Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2018
Noun
  • When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church.
    Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
  • That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Millions Gather For World’s Largest Religious Festival Maha Kumbh By Lilith Foster-Collins News Reporter 0 Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have flocked to the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the world's largest religious gathering.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • By Sophie Hills Staff writer For the first time in modern U.S. history, men are just as likely to be religious as women.
    Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.
    Hervé Guibert, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Some of the spotlighted individuals, like St. Catherine of Siena and English anchoress Julian of Norwich, were celebrated in their day as visionaries, while others, including Kempe and Joan of Arc, were persecuted as heretics.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • She has been recognized multiple times for her age, including: Jan. 2, 2022 – Oldest Brazilian ecclesiastical person ever.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In the 16th century, Rabelais furnished his novels with long lists of books, using the titles to satirize ecclesiastical libraries, the clergy, and religion in general.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Conventual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventual. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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