conventicle
英 [kən'ventɪk(ə)l]
美[kən'vɛntɪkl]
- n. 非国教教派的秘密集会
英英释义
- 1. a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
- 2. a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
双语例句
- 1. She become 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.
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英文词源
- conventicle (n.)
- from Latin conventiculum "a small assembly," diminutive of conventus (see convent).
词态变化
复数: conventicles;