conventual
Of monastery life
Conventual relates to a convent or the religious life within one.
The word describes the buildings, practices, or atmosphere of monastic communities: conventual architecture, conventual discipline.
As a noun, a conventual is a member of a convent or monastery.
The Conventual Franciscans are a branch of the Franciscan order that permits communal property ownership.
Monastic house of worship
- prioryLesser monastic house
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- friarMendicant order member
nun · monk · habit · vows · chapel · refectory · dormitory · novitiate
Held in common
- collectiveJointly organized group
- common lifeShared everyday existence
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- chapterDivision of a book
dormitory · choir · procession · sisterhood · brotherhood · congregation · unified · cooperative
Set apart, private
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- shelteredKept safe from harm
solitary · reclusive · grille · parlor · separation · hidden · undisturbed · protected
Evening devotional service
- matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
- laudsExpresses high admiration
- complineDay's final liturgy
- prayerAddress to deity
liturgy · chant · breviary · psalms · meditation · contemplation · worship · mass
Deliberate food avoidance
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
mortification · self-denial · austerity · renunciation · temperance · sobriety · frugality · simplicity
abbey
Monastic house of worship
friar · nun · monk · habit · vows · chapel · refectory · dormitory · novitiate · cell
shared
Held in common
- collectiveJointly organized group
- common lifeShared everyday existence
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
chapter · dormitory · choir · procession · sisterhood · brotherhood · congregation · unified · cooperative · rule of life
secluded
Set apart, private
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
sheltered · solitary · reclusive · grille · parlor · separation · hidden · undisturbed · protected · confined
vespers
Evening devotional service
prayer · liturgy · chant · breviary · psalms · meditation · contemplation · worship · mass · sacrament
fasting
Deliberate food avoidance
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
penance · mortification · self-denial · austerity · renunciation · temperance · sobriety · frugality · simplicity · poverty
conventualworldly
Experienced in practical affairs
public · open · extramural · societal · cosmopolitan
convention, conventional, convent, unconventional, reconvene, convents, conventionalism, unconventionally, conventionalist