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单词 conventicle
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conventicle /kən-ventˈi-kl (earlier konˈvənt-)/

noun
  1. A secret, illegal or forbidden religious meeting, applied esp to those of English dissenters and to the Scottish Presbyterians in the persecutions under Charles II and James II
  2. Any private, clandestine or irregular meeting or the place where it is held
intransitive verb

To hold such a meeting

ORIGIN: L conventiculum a secret meeting of monks

convenˈticler noun

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