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ALL meanings of conventicle

con·ven·ti·cle
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  • noun conventicle a secret or unauthorized assembly for worship 3
  • noun conventicle a small meeting house or chapel for a religious assembly, esp of Nonconformists or Dissenters 3
  • noun conventicle a religious assembly held illegally and secretly by certain Protestant sects that disputed the authority of the Church of England in the 16th and 17th cent. 3
  • noun conventicle the meeting place of such an assembly 3
  • noun conventicle a secret or unauthorized meeting, especially for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. 1
  • noun conventicle a place of meeting or assembly, especially a Nonconformist meeting house. 1
  • noun conventicle Obsolete. a meeting or assembly. 1
  • noun conventicle A secret or unlawful religious meeting, typically of people with nonconformist views. 1
  • noun conventicle a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. 0
  • noun conventicle the place where such a meeting is held. 0
  • noun conventicle a Quaker meetinghouse. 0
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