— 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 conventiculum a small assembly. See CONVENT, -I-, -CLE 1 ]