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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Conventicling

a. Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conventicle

n. [ L. conventiculum, dim. of conventus: cf. F. conventicule. See Convent, n. ] 1. A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first Christians could never have had recourse to nocturnal or clandestine conventicles till driven to them by the violence of persecution. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of men who . . . attend its [ the curch of England's ] service in the morning, and go with their wives to a conventicle in the afternoon. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conventicler

n. One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
conventicle
conventicles

WordNet (3.0)
conventicle(n) a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
conventicle(n) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers), Syn. meetinghouse

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Conventicle

n. [ L. conventiculum, dim. of conventus: cf. F. conventicule. See Convent, n. ] 1. A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first Christians could never have had recourse to nocturnal or clandestine conventicles till driven to them by the violence of persecution. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of men who . . . attend its [ the curch of England's ] service in the morning, and go with their wives to a conventicle in the afternoon. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conventicler

n. One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conventicling

a. Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

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