CONVENTICLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does conventicle mean? • CONVENTICLE (noun)
The noun CONVENTICLE has 2 senses:
1. a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
2. a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
Familiarity information: CONVENTICLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONVENTICLE (noun)
Meaning:
A secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("conventicle" is a kind of...):
get together; meeting (a small informal social gathering)
Meaning:
A building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
meetinghouse; conventicle
Hypernyms ("conventicle" is a kind of...):
house of God; house of prayer; house of worship; place of worship (any building where congregations gather for prayer)
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