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CONVENTUAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Synonyms:

cloistered; cloistral; conventual; monastic; monastical

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Adjectives

Similar:

unworldly (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations)

Derivation:

convent (a religious residence especially for nuns)

convent (a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together)

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