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▪ I. conˈventicling, vbl. n. [f. conventicle v. + -ing1.] The forming of, meeting in, or frequenting conventicles. Also attrib.
1626Bernard Isle of Man (ed. 10) 17 Ready to send the Hue and Cry..against privie Schismaticall conventicling and unlawfull meeting. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche xvi. lxxx. (R.), The fond schismatick and heretick fry Flatter their conventicling cells in vain. 1717De Foe Mem. Ch. Scot. iii. 64 Beside his Sentence for Conventicling, as they called it. ▪ II. conˈventicling, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Forming or frequenting conventicles.
1683Lond. Gaz. No. 1856/4 Fanatick Conventicling Traitors. a1715Burnet Own Time (1823) II. iii. 133 Those conventicling people were become very giddy and furious. |