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Word: Conventicle
Speech Type: Noun
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)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kənˈvɛntɪkl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a secret or unlawful religious meeting, typically of nonconformists.
Short Definition:secret or unlawful religious meeting
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