(Source) And now Nineteen persons having been hang'd, and one prest to death, and Eight more condemned, in all Twenty and Eight, of which above a third part were Members of some of the Churches of N. England, and more than half of them of a good Conversation in general, and not one clear'd; about Fifty having confest themselves to be Witches, of which not one Executed; above an Hundred and Fifty in Prison, and Two Hundred more accused; the Special Commision of Oyer and Terminer comes to a period. —Robert Calef[1]
What does Conversation mean here? Also, why's it capitalised?
Further to simply stating the definition, would you please explain how you inferred or determined the correct definition, so that I can learn how to do this myself? Is it definition 1 here?