The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conventual church
Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\ (?; 135),
[LL. conventualis: cf. F. conventuel.] Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. ``A conventual gar
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--Macaulay.Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery.
--Wordsworth.
Usage examples of "conventual church".
The halls and principal chambers of the ancient religious structure were hung with black, and garnished with escutcheons, and the fine old conventual church, refitted for the occasion, was likewise clothed with mourning, the high altar being entirely covered with black velvet, and adorned with all the jewels and gold and silver plate of which the shrines of the monastery had been previously plundered.