单词 | house conventicle |
释义 | house conventiclen. Now historical. A religious meeting held in a house; spec. one held by Scottish Presbyterians during the reigns of Charles II and James II & VII (see conventicle n. 4). Cf. field conventicle n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] > clandestine conventiclea1530 conventicling1626 house conventicle1670 1670 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1670/7/11 If the master or mistris of any family wher any such meeting shall be keeped, be present within the house for the tyme, they are to be fined in the double of what is to be payed by them for being present at a house conventicle. 1691 G. Mackenzie Vindic. Govt. Scotl. (new ed.) 6 To elude these Penalties for House-Conventicles, some Preachers..gathered the People together in the Fields. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 292 House Conventicles, crouded without the doors, or at the windows, were to be reckoned, and punished, as Field Conventicles. 1795 A. Brown Hist. Glasgow I. i. vi. 183 A proclamation was issued by the king, suspending the laws against house conventicles. 1842 J. Aikman Ann. Persecution Scotl. viii. 221 A house conventicle cost Ann Countess Dowager of Wigton, four thousand merks. 1878 Dundee Courier & Argus 22 Nov. 7/4 Magistrates of burghs, in case of any house conventicle being held therein, were liable to an arbitrary fine by the Council. 1904 D. H. Fleming Story Sc. Covenants 60 The act explained that a house-conventicle became a field-conventicle if there were more persons present than the house contained, so that some of them were outside the door. 1995 16th Cent. Jrnl. 26 61 Burgher and gentry families persisted in harboring ministers and house conventicles. 2007 G. Macintosh Sc. Parl. under Charles II vii. 183 A declaration of indulgence was proclaimed on 4 July 1679, authorising the practice of house conventicles outwith the major cities. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1670 |
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