different between religious vs conventicle

English

Etymology

From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religi?sus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religi?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??.?l?.d???s/
• Rhymes: -?d??s

Adjective

religious (comparative more religious, superlative most religious)

1. Concerning religion.

   • The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

2. Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

3. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.

Antonyms

• (concerning religion): irreligious, profane, secular, atheistic
• (committed to religion): areligious, irreligious
• (highly dedicated): casual

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Noun

religious (plural religious or religiouses)

1. A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:

     Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious, Scholastica.

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Further reading

• religious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• religious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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