conventicle

[kən'ventikl]

n. 非国教徒的秘密聚会

词形变化：

名词: conventicler |

n.[C]【英】【史】

1. (十六、十七世纪)非国教教派的秘密集会

2. 非国教教派秘密集会处

conventicle

名词复数：conventicles

词形变化：

名词: conventicler |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

diet²

congress

conventicle[kən'ventikl]n.1.■秘密集会，(尤指)秘密宗教集会2.■集会场所，会堂

1. (historical)a secret or unlawful religious meeting, typically of people with nonconformist views
   (史)（尤指非国教徒举行的）秘密（或非法）宗教集会
   

1. late Middle English (in the general sense 'assembly, meeting', particularly a clandestine or illegal one): from Latin conventiculum ('place of) assembly', diminutive of conventus 'assembly, company', from the verb convenire (see convene)
   

conventicle

名词 conventicle:

a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship

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

同义词：meetinghouse

conventicle

■She became equally averse to the church and the conventicle

她对教堂和非国教教派的秘密集会处变得同样地不喜欢

■She became equally averse to the church and the conventicle.

她对教堂和非国教教派的秘密集会处变得同样地不喜欢。

■conventicle act

英格兰非国教会信徒举行的聚会