CONVENTICLE

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

conventicle; meetinghouse

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)