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2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal. "Conventional decorum." Whewell.

The conventional language appropriated to monarchs. Motley.

The ordinary salutations, and other points of social behavior, are conventional. Latham.

3. (Fine Arts) (a) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules. (b) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t.

Con*ven"tion*al*ism (?), n. 1. 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 standard. F. W. Robertson.

2. (Fine Arts) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.

Con*ven"tion*al*ist, n. 1. One who adheres to a convention or treaty.

2. One who is governed by conventionalism.

Con*ven`tion*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Conventionalities (&?;). 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.

Con*ven`tion*al*i*za"tion (?), n. (Fine Arts) (a) The act of making conventional. (b) The state of being conventional.

Con*ven"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conventionalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conventionalizing.] 1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

2. (Fine Arts) (a) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others. (b) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.

Con*ven"tion*al*ize (?), v. i. (Fine Arts) To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.

Con*ven"tion*al*ly, adv. In a conventional manner.

Con*ven"tion*a*ry (?), a. Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew.

Con*ven"tion*er (?), n. One who belongs to a convention or assembly.

Con*ven"tion*ist (?), n. One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.

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.

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

Con*verge" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Converged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Converging (?).] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger. See Verge, v. i.] To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson.

Con*verge", v. t. To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.

I converge its rays to a focus of dazzling brilliancy. Tyndall.

{ Con*ver"gence (?), Con*ver"gen*cy (?) }, n. [Cf. F. convergence.] The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. Berkeley.