conventicle
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conventicle
- /kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)l/ UK
- /kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/ US
Where it comes from
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)).
noun conventicles
- A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. [I]f when Luther firſt began to teach new doctrine, the catholiks at that time had not vouchſafed to giue him the hering, but had auoided his prechings & preuy couenticles, ther had not bin now in the worlde, either Lutheran, Swinglian, Calueniſt, Puritan, Anabaptiſt, Trinetarie, Family of loue, Ada
- The place where such a meeting is held.
- A Quaker meetinghouse.
verb conventicles · conventicling · conventicled
- To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
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noun secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting
| Español | conventículo |
|---|---|
| Français | conventicule |
| Deutsch | Konventikel |
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title = {conventicle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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