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

Cenobite :: Cenobite (n.) One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude..

Form :: Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer..

Lamasery :: Lamasery (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc..

Negotiate :: Negotiate (v. i.) To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences..

Death :: Death (v. i.) Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe..

Conventionalizw :: Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others..

Kyriological :: Kyriological (a.) Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic..

Formality :: Formality (n.) An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.

Modish :: Modish (a.) According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast..

Grating :: Grating (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent..

Ability :: Ability (n.) The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent..

Port-royalist :: Port-royalist (n.) One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist..

Informal :: Informal (a.) Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit..

Conventionalities :: Conventionalities (pl. ) of Conventionalit.

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

Formula :: Formula (n.) A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said..

Pip :: Pip (n.) One of the conventional figures or spots on playing cards, dominoes, etc..

Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France..

Jacobin :: "Jacobin (n.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris..

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