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单词 conventical
释义

conventicaladj.

Forms: Also erroneous -ticle.
Etymology: < Latin conventus + -ic suffix + -al suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: conˈventical.
rare.
1. Of or pertaining to a convent, conventual. ‘ Conventical prior: the same as an abbot’ (Ogilvie).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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