conventicle

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English conventicle, conventicule (“a gathering, meeting (especially a secret or unlawful one); (derogatory) a church”), from Latin conventiculum (“assembly; meeting (or the place involved); association”), from conventus (“assembled, convened”) + -culum (suffix forming noun diminutives), perfect passive participle of conveniō (“to assemble, convene, meet together”), from con- (“together, with”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + veniō (“to approach, come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”) + *-yéti (suffix forming intransitive, imperfective verbs)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)l/ (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/ Hyphenation: con‧ven‧ti‧cle === Noun === conventicle (plural conventicles) A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. The place where such a meeting is held. A Quaker meetinghouse. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === conventicle (third-person singular simple present conventicles, present participle conventicling, simple past and past participle conventicled) To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “conventicle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old French [Term?] or Latin conventus (“assembled, convened”) + -culum (suffix forming noun diminutives). The former is the perfect passive participle of conveniō (“to assemble, convene, meet together”), from con- (“together, with”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + veniō (“to approach, come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”) + *-yéti (suffix forming intransitive, imperfective verbs)). By surface analysis, covent +‎ -icle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔnˈvɛn.ti.kl(ə)/ === Noun === conventicle (plural conventicles) an assembly, a gathering, a meeting, especially one that is secret or unlawful (derogatory) a church ==== Alternative forms ==== conventicule ==== Derived terms ==== English: conventicle === References ===