conventicle
noun
- a religious assembly held illegally and secretly by certain Protestant sects that disputed the authority of the Church of England in the 16th and 17th cent.
- the meeting place of such an assembly
See conventicle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kən-vĕnˈtĭ-kəl)
noun- A religious meeting, especially a secret or illegal one, such as those held by Dissenters in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- The place where such a meeting is held.
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