Conventicle Definition

kən-vĕntĭ-kəl
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.
Webster's New World
The meeting place of such an assembly.
Webster's New World
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Singular:
conventicle
Plural:
conventicles

Origin of Conventicle

  • Middle English from Latin conventiculum meeting diminutive of conventus assembly convent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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