Meaning of conventicle in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/

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  1. Noun

    conventicle

    Etymology

    late Middle English (in the general sense ‘assembly, meeting’, particularly a clandestine or illegal one): from Latin conventiculum‘(place of) assembly’, diminutive of conventus‘assembly, company’, from the verb convenire (see convene)

    Definitions

    1. a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
  2. 2. a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)

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