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A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. B. Jonson.

Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. "Conventical wages." Sterne. Conventical prior. See Prior.

ll assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly. They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe.

One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden.

Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.] Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South.

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition. The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination. Boyle.

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale.

That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. All the artifice and conventionalism of life. Hawthorne. They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received…

One who adheres to a convention or treaty.

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.

The act of making conventional.

To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

In a conventional manner.

Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew.

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 cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier.

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

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. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief…