different between meetinghouse vs conventicle

English

Alternative forms

• meeting house

Etymology

From meeting +? house.

Noun

meetinghouse (plural meetinghouses)

1. A building where people meet for a purpose.
2. A building where a Quaker congregation assembles for worship.

Translations

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 diminutives of nouns”). Conventus is the perfect passive participle of conveni? (“to assemble, convene, meet together”), from con- (“suffix meaning ‘together, with’”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + veni? (“to approach, come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?em- (“to step”) + *-yéti (“suffix forming intransitive, imperfective verbs”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?v?nt?k(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?v?n(t)?k(?)l/, /-?ven-/
• Hyphenation: con?ven?ti?cle

Noun

conventicle (plural conventicles)

1. A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
2. The place where such a meeting is held.
3. A Quaker meetinghouse.

Translations

Verb

conventicle (third-person singular simple present conventicles, present participle conventicling, simple past and past participle conventicled)

1. To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “conventicle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French [Term?] or Latin conventus (“assembled, convened”) + -culum (“suffix forming diminutives of nouns”). Conventus is the perfect passive participle of conveni? (“to assemble, convene, meet together”), from con- (“suffix meaning ‘together, with’”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + veni? (“to approach, come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?em- (“to step”) + *-yéti (“suffix forming intransitive, imperfective verbs”)). Equivalent to covent +? -icle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?v?n.ti.kl(?)/

Noun

conventicle (plural conventicles)

1. an assembly, a gathering, a meeting, especially one that is secret or unlawful
2. (derogatory) a church

Alternative forms

• conventicule

Derived terms

• English: conventicle

References