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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\, n. One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse. --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conventual adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {monastic}, {monastical}]
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