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Recent Examples of conventual
Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2024
But degraded conventual forces could drive Putin to other means of exerting force.
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Matt Seyler,
ABC News,
10 May 2022
Adjective
Martin entered the Conventual Franciscan Friars Novitiate in Ellicott City at age 17 after graduating from Curley.
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Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2024
But degraded conventual forces could drive Putin to other means of exerting force.
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Matt Seyler,
ABC News,
10 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventual
Adjective
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This results in highly architectural and ornate garments and textiles built through tension, geometry, and monastic focus.
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There’s something monastic about the way he’s taken on Red Lobster.
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The slow-burn thriller is partially based on a 17th century ballad in which the heroic outlaw’s cousin, a malevolent prioress, bleeds the older, ailing Robin to death under the guise of the ancient medical treatment known as bloodletting.
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After Robin is gravely injured, he is taken in by the sage prioress Brigid (Jodie Comer), who nurses him back to health at an island convent.
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One was that literary journalism anthology the mendicant had flipped through.
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The first mendicant orders, like the Franciscans and Dominicans, received papal approval in the early 13th century.
Noun
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As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.
Adjective
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The sacramental palms can be kept at home and returned to church or nature, but should not to be thrown away, the Archdiocese noted.
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Of these, Anglicans traditionally hold only baptism and the Eucharist as sacraments instituted by Christ and regard the others as sacramental rites.
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Hildegard was a Catholic abbess of the Benedictine Order.
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Now, thanks to a greater emphasis on women’s education in recent years, Tibetan Buddhist nuns are increasingly becoming teachers and abbesses.
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In his decision, Chief District Chief Judge Amos Mazzant ruled that a First Amendment protection for churches, known as the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, applied to Gateway.
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Judge Amos Mazzant in the Eastern District of Texas ruled a First Amendment protection for churches, the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, applied to Gateway.
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Texas lawmakers help secure nun's release As news of Ugboaja's detention spread, members of southern Texas’ congressional delegation called for the nun's release.
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Over the last week, the agency has arrested 10,000 people, including a nun in Texas who was later released after outcry from officials, community leaders and activists.
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“Conventual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventual. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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