Convent :: Convent (v. i.) An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.

Convent :: Convent (v. i.) A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.

Convent :: Convent (v. i.) To meet together; to concur.

Convent :: Convent (v. i.) To be convenient; to serve.

Convent :: Convent (v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.

Conventical :: Conventical (a.) Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent..

Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly..

Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics..

Conventicler :: Conventicler (n.) One who supports or frequents conventicles.

Conventicling :: Conventicling (a.) Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle..

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical..

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II..

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments..

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal..

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules..

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..

Conventionalily :: Conventionalily (adv.) In a conventional manner.

Conventionalism :: Conventionalism (n.) That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage..

Conventionalism :: Conventionalism (n.) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t..

Conventionalist :: Conventionalist (n.) One who adheres to a convention or treaty.

Conventionalist :: Conventionalist (n.) One who is governed by conventionalism.

Conventionalities :: Conventionalities (pl. ) of Conventionalit.

Conventionality :: Conventionality (n.) The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.

Conventionalization :: Conventionalization (n.) The act of making conventional.

Conventionalization :: Conventionalization (n.) The state of being conventional.

Conventionalize :: Conventionalize (v. i.) To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2..

Conventionalized :: Conventionalized (imp. & p. p.) of Conventionaliz.

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