conversus

noun

con·ver·sus | \kənˈvərsəs, -və̄s-, -vəis-;-ver-\

plural conversi\-ˌsī, -(ˌ)sē \

Definition of conversus

1 : a lay brother

2 : an administrator of episcopal or monastic property

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