conventual adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {conventual}, {monastic}, {monastical}]
Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf. F. conventuel.] Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. "A conventual garb." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] {Conventual church}, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\, n. One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse. --Addison. [1913 Webster]