Definition: conventical

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Prior \Pri"or\, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F.
   prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.]
   (Eccl.)
   The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.

   Conventical, or Conventual, prior, a prior who is at
      the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory.

   Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a
      monastery; prior of the cloisters.
Conventical \Con*vent"ic*al\, a.
   Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. ``Conventical
   wages.'' --Sterne.

   Conventical prior. See Prior.