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conventicle.

A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/General-American

  1. A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

  2. The place where such a meeting is held.

  3. A Quaker meetinghouse.

Where this word 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)).

verb/kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/General-American

  1. To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

Where this word 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)).

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