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1. (n.) conventicle
a secret or unauthorized meeting, esp. for religious worship.
2. conventicle
a place of meeting or assembly, esp. a Nonconformist meeting house.
3. conventicle
a meeting or assembly.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L conventiculum a small assembly. See convent , -i -, -cle1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) conventicle
a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
2. (noun) conventicle, meetinghouse
a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
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1. (noun) conventicle
a small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly
2. (noun) conventicle
an assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics
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