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Conventicles

Conventicles meaning

plural of conventicle

Example sentences (2)

James put Catholics in key positions in the government and attendance at conventicles was made punishable by death.

The latter move was particularly contentious, causing many, especially in the south-west of Scotland, to abandon the official church, attending illegal field assemblies known as conventicles in preference.