CONVENTICLE


Meaning of CONVENTICLE in English

n. esp. hist. 1 a secret or unlawful religious meeting, esp. of dissenters. 2 a building used for this.

[ ME f. L conventiculum (place of) assembly, dimin. of conventus (as CONVENE) ]

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