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Conventicle

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Conventicle meaning

A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. | The place where such a meeting is held. | A Quaker meetinghouse.

Example sentences (1)

Bunyan was arrested under the Conventicle Act of 1593, which made it an offence to attend a religious gathering other than at the parish church with more than five people outside their family.