单词 | conventicle |
释义 | conventicle —conventicler, n. —conventicular /kon'ven tik"yeuh leuhr/, adj. /keuhn ven"ti keuhl/, n. 1. a secret or unauthorized meeting, esp. for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2. a place of meeting or assembly, esp. a Nonconformist meeting house. 3. Obs. a meeting or assembly. [1350-1400; ME < L conventiculum a small assembly. See CONVENT, -I-, -CLE1] |
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