Definition: conventual

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

conventual
     adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
           vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral, monastic, monastical]

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.
Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf.
   F. conventuel.]
   Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. ``A conventual
   garb.'' --Macaulay.

   Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a
      convent or monastery. --Wordsworth.
Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\, n.
   One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
   --Addison.