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Friary :: Friary (n.) Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.

Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution..

Conventionalities :: Conventionalities (pl. ) of Conventionalit.

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience..

Rector :: Rector (n.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.

Nun :: Nun (n.) A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience..

Orthodox :: Orthodox (a.) Approved; conventional.

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

Signify :: Signify (n.) To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present..

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..

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

Father :: Father (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc..

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

Formality :: Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.

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

Superiority :: Superioress (n.) A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior..

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

Conventionist :: Conventionist (n.) One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract..

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..

Cordelier :: Cordelier (n.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris..

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