tɪ noun
1.
a secret or unauthorized meeting, especially for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2.
a place of meeting or assembly, especially a Nonconformist meeting house.
3.
Obsolete. a meeting or assembly.
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Conventicle
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a secret or unauthorized assembly for worship |
| 2. | a small meeting house or chapel for a religious assembly, esp of Nonconformists or Dissenters |
| [C14: from Latin conventiculum a meeting, from conventus; see | |
| con'venticler | |
| —n | |
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