Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf.
   F. conventuel.]
   Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. ``A conventual
   garb.'' --Macaulay.

   {Conventual church}, a church attached or belonging to a
      convent or monastery. --Wordsworth.

Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\, n.
   One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
   --Addison.

Source : WordNet®

conventual
     adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
           vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {monastic}, {monastical}]