conventicle
noun
a secret or unauthorized meeting, especially for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
conventicler
-
a word derived from
conventicle.
Example Sentences
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I heard Narcisse laugh—laugh as he talked of the cries of the poor creatures in the conventicler.
From The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte Mary Yonge
