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conventicle
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con·ven·ti·cle
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tɪ
kəl
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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.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Latin
conventiculum
a small assembly.
See
convent
,
-i-
,
-cle
1
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con·ven·ti·cler,
noun
con·ven·tic·u·lar
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vɛnˈtɪk
yə
lər
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conventicle
(kənˈvɛntɪk
ə
l)
—
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
convent
]
con'venticler
—
n
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