field conventiclern.
/ˈfiːld kənˌvɛntᵻklə/, U.S. /ˈfil(d) kənˌvɛn(t)əklər/ Now historical and rare.
A person who holds or attends a field conventicle.
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1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 67 Jus populi vindicatum, and Naphthali are the Pocket-books of the Field-Conventiclers.
1709 Char. Whig 94 The Scurrilous and Seditious Whig Writer is generally speaking, either an Unimployed Needy Lawyer, a Proscrib'd Field Conventicler, a Caledonian Medicaster, [etc.].
1766 E. Kimber Peerage of Eng. 59 The Field Conventiclers in Scotland breaking out into Rebellion in the year 1679, and having assembled a very formidable force, the Duke of Monmouth was sent down to suppress them.
1813 J. Bigland Hist. Eng. II. 423 He sent into Scotland a proclamation, establishing an entire liberty of conscience, except to the field conventicler, whom he left to the rigour of the laws.
1896 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 30 Nov. 5/7 It was little use making an appeal to the King's troopers on behalf of a field Conventicler.
1995 16th Cent. Jrnl. 26 61 The field conventiclers coming in from around the country never managed to establish bases from which to sustain a continuously effective resistance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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