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One who belongs to a convention or assembly.

One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.

Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. "A conventual garb." Macaulay. Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery. Wordsworth.

A convent or monastery. [Obs.] Bale. Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery.

A town in the county of Warwick, England. To send to Coventry, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. -- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser.

Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.

A disadventure. [Obs.] Shelton.

inct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.

From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.

Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.

which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett (Thucyd. ) There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix. 2.

To rip open; todisembowel. [Obs.] Sir. T. Brown.

Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] Spenser.

To discuss; to ventilate. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.