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conventicle - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'conventicle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Conventicle [ n.]
- A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly.
- 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.