单词 | conventicling |
释义 | conventiclingn. The forming of, meeting in, or frequenting conventicles. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] > clandestine conventiclea1530 conventicling1626 house conventicle1670 1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 22 Ready to send the Hue and Crie..against a priuy Schismaticall conventicling, and vnlawfull meeting. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvi. lxxx. 249 The fond Schismatick and Heretick fry Flatter their conventincling Cells in vain. 1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. iii. 157 Besides his Sentence for Conventicling, as they call'd it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). conventiclingadj. Forming or frequenting conventicles. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [adjective] > of conventicle conventicling1683 conventicular1847 conventical1872 1683 London Gaz. No. 1856/4 Fanatick Conventicling Traitors. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 417 Those conventicling people were become very giddy and furious. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1626adj.1683 |
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