名詞 conventicle:

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

con.ven.ti.cle

n.（名詞）
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.
秘密集會：一種宗教集會，尤指秘密的或者非法的，如'世紀(jì)和7世紀(jì)時(shí)英國和蘇格蘭非國教教派的秘密集會

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin conventiculum [meeting] [diminutive of] conventus [assembly] * see convent
源自 拉丁語 conventiculum [會議] [] conventus的小后綴 [集會] *參見 convent

【引伸】
conven.ticler
n.（名詞）