Conventuals
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Religious men united in a convent or religious house. Cowell. CONVENTUS (Lat. convenire). An assembly; conventus magnatum vel procenim, an assemblage of the chief men or nobility; a name of the English parliament. 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 148. In Civil Law. A contract made between two or more parties. A multitude of men, of all classes, gathered together. A standing in a place to attract a crowd. A collection of the people by the magistrate to give judgment. Calv. Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Religious men united in a convent or religious house. Cowell.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Religious men united in a convent or religious house, Cowell.