cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical
(adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
Source: WordNet® 3.1
conventual (comparative more conventual, superlative most conventual)
Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
• conventical
conventual (plural conventuals)
A member of a convent.
Conventual (plural Conventuals)
A member of one of the two divisions of the Franciscans, following a mitigated rule, the other being the Observants.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*ven"tu*al, a. Etym: [LL. conventualis: cf. F. conventuel.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. "A conventual garb." Macaulay. Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery. Wordsworth.
Con*ven"tu*al, n.
Definition: One who lives in a convent; a monk or num; a recluse. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
