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conventicle

noun
/kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)l/UK/kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/US

Etymology

From Late Middle English conventicle, conventicule (“a gathering, meeting (especially a secret or unlawful one); (derogatory) a church”), from Latin conventiculum (“assembly; meeting (or the place involved); association”), from conventus (“assembled, convened”) + -culum (suffix forming noun diminutives), perfect passive participle of conveniō (“to assemble, convene, meet together”), from con- (“together, with”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + veniō (“to approach, come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”) + *-yéti (suffix forming intransitive, imperfective verbs)).

  1. derived from *gʷem-✻
  2. derived from *ḱóm✻
  3. derived from conventiculum
  4. inherited from conventicle

Definitions

  1. A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

  2. The place where such a meeting is held.

  3. A Quaker meetinghouse.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

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