CONVENTUAL

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French conventuel, from Medieval Latin ~is, from conventus convent Date: 15th century of, relating to, or befitting a convent or monastic life ; monastic , of or relating to the Conventuals, ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1533 a member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual forming a branch of the first order of St. Francis of Assisi under a mitigated rule, a member of a ~ community