CONVENTICLE


Meaning of CONVENTICLE in English

noun a small assembly or gathering; ·esp., a secret assembly.

2. conventicle ·noun an assembly for religious worship; ·esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by nonconformists or dissenters in england, or by covenanters in scotland;

— often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics.

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