A nonconformist or dissenting meeting-house. Hence put for nonconformity as a system or practice. (Now rhetorical or opprobrious.)
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| 释义 | society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > chapel > [noun] > nonconformist (16) conventicle?1550 A nonconformist or dissenting meeting-house. Hence put for nonconformity as a system or practice. (Now rhetorical or opprobrious.) meeting-place1589 Christian Church. = meeting house, n. 1. meeting1593 Christian Church. An assembly of people (esp. Nonconformists) for worship. Also: a Nonconformist congregation; †a Nonconformist place of worship… meeting house1632 Christian Church. A house or other building in which religious meetings (esp. of Nonconformists) are held; a chapel. Occasionally somewhat depreci… chapel1662 Applied to places of Christian worship other than those of the established church of the country: e.g. to those of Roman Catholics in Great Britain… pantile1714 derogatory. A Nonconformist, esp. Presbyterian, chapel. Obsolete. tabernacle1768 A place of worship distinguished in some way from a church. Applied frequently to the meeting-houses or places of worship of Protestant… gospel-shop?1782 a derisive name for a Methodist chapel. schism-shop1801 a contemptuous term for a nonconformist place of worship (occasionally also applied to a proprietary chapel licensed for Church of England services). bethel1840 Sometimes used (esp. by some Methodists and Baptists) like ‘Zion,’ ‘Zoar,’ ‘Bethesda,’ etc., as the designation of their chapel or meeting-house… schism-house1843 Ebenezer1849 Occasionally (like Bethel, Zoar, Zion, etc.) adopted by Methodists, Baptists, Independents, etc. as the name of a particular chapel or… Bethesda1857 Occasionally (chiefly in the nineteenth cent.) adopted by Methodists, Baptists, Independents, etc., as the name of a particular chapel or… Salem1857 Occasionally (chiefly in the nineteenth century) adopted by Methodists, Baptists, Independents, etc., as the name of a particular chapel or… praise house1862 a small meeting house for religious services. Subcategories:— made of corrugated iron (1) |
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