conventicle

[ kuhn-ven-ti-kuhl ]

/ kənˈvɛn tɪ kəl /

noun

a secret or unauthorized meeting, especially for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

a place of meeting or assembly, especially a Nonconformist meeting house.

Obsolete. a meeting or assembly.

Origin of conventicle

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin conventiculum a small assembly. See convent, -i-, -cle¹

OTHER WORDS FROM conventicle

con·ven·ti·cler, nouncon·ven·tic·u·lar

[kon-ven-tik-yuh-ler], /ˌkɒn vɛnˈtɪk yə lər/, adjective

Words nearby conventicle

convenience food, convenience store, conveniency, convenient, convent, conventicle, convention, conventional, conventionalism, conventionality, conventionalize

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Example sentences from the Web for conventicle

The Scottish Parliament, soon after the accession of James, passed a law punishing with death any one attending a conventicle.
A Student's History of England, v. 2 (of 3)|Samuel R. Gardiner.
They said she enlivened the sombre court of King Leopold, which is usually as gloomy as a conventicle.
The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1|Elizabeth Gaskell
But this did not prevent him from keeping his engagement at a Conventicle; he preached in his wounds.
Sketches of the Covenanters|J. C. McFeeters
In 1695 we hear of a conventicle in Bungay, with a preacher with a regularly paid stipend of £40 a year.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie

It was his wife who had entirely escaped from the old New England conventicle.
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne|Frank Preston Stearns

British Dictionary definitions for conventicle

conventicle

/ (kənˈvɛntɪkəl) /

noun

a secret or unauthorized assembly for worship

a small meeting house or chapel for a religious assembly, esp of Nonconformists or Dissenters

Derived forms of conventicle

conventicler, noun

Word Origin for conventicle

C14: from Latin conventiculum a meeting, from conventus; see convent

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单词	conventicle
释义	conventicle [ kuhn-ven-ti-kuhl ] / kənˈvɛn tɪ kəl / noun a secret or unauthorized meeting, especially for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. a place of meeting or assembly, especially a Nonconformist meeting house. Obsolete. a meeting or assembly. Origin of conventicle 1350–1400; Middle English <Latin conventiculum a small assembly. See convent, -i-, -cle¹ OTHER WORDS FROM conventicle con·ven·ti·cler, nouncon·ven·tic·u·lar [kon-ven-tik-yuh-ler], /ˌkɒn vɛnˈtɪk yə lər/, adjective Words nearby conventicle convenience food, convenience store, conveniency, convenient, convent, conventicle, convention, conventional, conventionalism, conventionality, conventionalize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for conventicle The Scottish Parliament, soon after the accession of James, passed a law punishing with death any one attending a conventicle. A Student's History of England, v. 2 (of 3)\|Samuel R. Gardiner. They said she enlivened the sombre court of King Leopold, which is usually as gloomy as a conventicle. The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1\|Elizabeth Gaskell But this did not prevent him from keeping his engagement at a Conventicle; he preached in his wounds. Sketches of the Covenanters\|J. C. McFeeters In 1695 we hear of a conventicle in Bungay, with a preacher with a regularly paid stipend of £40 a year. East Anglia\|J. Ewing Ritchie It was his wife who had entirely escaped from the old New England conventicle. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne\|Frank Preston Stearns British Dictionary definitions for conventicle conventicle / (kənˈvɛntɪkəl) / noun a secret or unauthorized assembly for worship a small meeting house or chapel for a religious assembly, esp of Nonconformists or Dissenters Derived forms of conventicle conventicler, noun Word Origin for conventicle C14: from Latin conventiculum a meeting, from conventus; see convent Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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