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单词 conventicle
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•ven•ti•cle  (kən venti kəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Religiona secret or unauthorized meeting, esp. for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  2. Religiona place of meeting or assembly, esp. a Nonconformist meeting house.
  3. [Obs.]a meeting or assembly.
  • Latin conventiculum a small assembly. See convent, -i-, -cle1
  • 1350–1400; Middle English
con•venti•cler, n. 
con•ven•tic•u•lar  (kon′ven tikyə lər),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
conventicle /kənˈvɛntɪkəl/ n
  1. a secret or unauthorized assembly for worship
  2. a small meeting house or chapel for a religious assembly, esp of Nonconformists or Dissenters
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin conventiculum a meeting, from conventus; see convent
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