conventicle
a secret or unauthorized meeting, especially for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
a place of meeting or assembly, especially a Nonconformist meeting house.
Obsolete. a meeting or assembly.
Origin of conventicle
1Other words from conventicle
- con·ven·ti·cler, noun
- con·ven·tic·u·lar [kon-ven-tik-yuh-ler], /ˌkɒn vɛnˈtɪk yə lər/, adjective
Words Nearby conventicle
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How to use conventicle in a sentence
In 1695 we hear of a conventicle in Bungay, with a preacher with a regularly paid stipend of £40 a year.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieWhile we were talking came by several poor creatures carried by, by constables, for being at a conventicle.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysIn the height of his resentment he addressed first one, and then another, "What, have you been to the conventicle?"
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire | Thomas ColemanIt sounded like the cant of the conventicle to ears unaccustomed to the language of piety from the lips of politicians.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? | John B. RemsburgI tell you no; I take it he is an Englishman, and not a conventicle-man.
Judith Shakespeare | William Black
British Dictionary definitions for conventicle
/ (kənˈvɛntɪkəl) /
a secret or unauthorized assembly for worship
a small meeting house or chapel for a religious assembly, esp of Nonconformists or Dissenters
Origin of conventicle
1Derived forms of conventicle
- conventicler, noun
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