conventicle

名词 conventicle:

1. a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
2. a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
   同义词：meetinghouse

con.ven.ti.cle

n.（名词）
A religious meeting, especially a secret or illegal one, such as those held by Dissenters in England and Scotland in the 'th and 7th centuries.
秘密集会：一种宗教集会，尤指秘密的或者非法的，如'世纪和7世纪时英国和苏格兰非国教教派的秘密集会

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin conventiculum [meeting] [diminutive of] conventus [assembly] * see convent
源自 拉丁语 conventiculum [会议] [] conventus的小后缀 [集会] *参见 convent

【引伸】
conven.ticler
n.（名词）