conventicle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)l/
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• General-American: /kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/
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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)).

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: konventikel — secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting
• Finnish: konventikkeli — secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting
• French: conventicule — secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting
• German: Konventikel — secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting
• Norwegian Bokmål: konventikkel — secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting
• Polish: konwentykiel — secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting
• Spanish: conventículo — secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting
• Swedish: konventikel — secret, unauthorized, or illegal religious meeting