单词 | conventical |
释义 | conventicaladj. rare. 1. Of or pertaining to a convent, conventual. ‘ Conventical prior: the same as an abbot’ (Ogilvie). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [adjective] > characteristic of a convent conventualc1425 conventical1765 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxi. 74 The gardener..had mortgaged a month of his conventical wages in a borrachio, or leathern cask of wine. 1784 Unfortunate Sensibility II. 107 If hereafter I should resolve upon a conventicle life. 2. Of or pertaining to a conventicle. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [adjective] > of conventicle conventicling1683 conventicular1847 conventical1872 1872 J. H. Newman Discuss. & Arguments 257 Sir Robert [Peel] breaks out into almost conventical eloquence. Derivatives conˈventically adv. ΚΠ 1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 321 ‘I was reading my blessed bible’..said Tim, looking conventically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1765 |
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