conventicle
A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meetingA secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
Meaning
3 sensesA secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
Konventikel
a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
The place where such a meeting is held.
A Quaker meetinghouse.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Late Middle English conventicle, conventicule (“a gathering, meeting (especially a seFrom 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)).
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Forms
plural: conventicles| Singular | conventicle |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers):meetinghouse