conventicle
To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meetingTo hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
Meaning
1 sensesTo hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
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
conventicles, conventicling, conventicled, conventicled| Base form | conventicle · to conventicle |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | conventicles |
| Present participle | conventicling |
| Past simple | conventicled |
| Past participle | conventicled |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle