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Conventical definitions

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conventical Con*vent"ic*al, a. Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. ``Conventical wages.'' --Sterne. Conventical prior. See Prior.