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Recent Examples of conventual
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
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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
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Many of the monks, who range in age from 29 to 76, started lives and careers in the secular world and turned to monastic life in search of truth that had previously proved elusive.Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
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Chartreuse, a herbal liqueur traditionally made by Carthusian monks in France, has been facing supply shortages due to the decision by the monks to prioritize their monastic lifestyle over increasing production, as detailed by the New York Times last year.Rachel King, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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The abrupt appearance and disappearance of the mendicant pilgrim is part of her power.Seyward Darby, Longreads, 5 Apr. 2023
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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
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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
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Many of them walk to Mass from nearby apartments and could be cut off from the sacramental life if OLV is shuttered.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
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When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church.Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
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That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
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Social psychology experiments show that people often cope with the specter of death by attaching themselves to cultural ideologies, such as religious, political, or even sports fandom.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Stationed in Puerto Rico as a postal clerk, Lee—who has never been religious—walked by a small church located on base one afternoon and decided to go in.Charles Moss, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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By Caroline Reilly October 25, 2024 When Suzie Davies began preparations to create the ecclesiastical world for Edward Berger’s papal thriller, Conclave, she was immersed in a decidedly different world: that of Saltburn.Caroline Reilly, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
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The rooms feel austere and indulgent, while Italian flea market finds rub shoulders with bespoke pieces crafted with an ecclesiastical bent.Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Conventual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventual. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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