[con.ven.tu.al] adj [ME, fr. MF or ML; MF, fr. ML conventualis, fr. conventus convent] (15c) 1: of, relating to, or befitting a convent or monastic life: monastic
2. cap: of or relating to the Conventuals -- con.ven.tu.al.ly adv
[2]conventual n (1533) 1 cap: 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
2: a member of a conventual community