Definition of Conventicle
Con`ven´ti`cle
n.
1.
A
small
assembly
or
gathering
;
esp
.,
a
secret
assembly
.
They
are
commanded
to
abstain
from
all
conventicles
of
men
whatsoever
.
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
.
The
first
Christians
could
never
have
had
recourse
to
nocturnal
or
clandestine
conventicles
till
driven
to
them
by
the
violence
of
persecution
.
- Hammond.
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.
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