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单词 field-conventicling
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field-conventiclingn.

Brit. /ˈfiːld kənˌvɛntᵻklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfil(d) kənˌvɛn(t)ək(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.1, conventicling n.
Etymology: < field n.1 + conventicling n., after field conventicle n. Compare slightly later field-conventicle v.
Now historical and rare.
The action of holding or attending a field conventicle.
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1675 Sir J. Stewart Accompt Scotlands Grievances 42 So mortall a thing is this field-conventicling, the Messe and all its idolatrie hath nothing in it so deadlie.
1677 in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. 96 The guilt of field conventicling is great, and the paine arbitrarie.
1988 W. Donaldson Jacobite Song iii. 19 Armed field-conventicling sprang up throughout the region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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