field conventiclen.

Brit.

/ˈfiːld kənˌvɛntᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈfil(d) kənˌvɛn(t)əkl/

Forms: see field n.¹ and conventicle n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, conventicle n.

Etymology: < field n.¹ + conventicle n. Compare field preaching n. and discussion at conventicle n. 4c, and compare also field meeting n. 2, house conventicle n.

Now historical.

An open-air religious meeting, spec. one held by Scottish Presbyterians during the reigns of Charles II and James II & VII (see conventicle n. 4c). Also in extended use. Cf. house conventicle n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] > in open air

field meetinga1657

field conventicle1670

camp-meeting1803

1670 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1670/7/11 Whosoever..shall preach..at any of these meetings in the feild, or in any house wher ther be moe persons nor the house contains, so as some of them be without doors (which is heerby declared to be a feild conventicle)..shall be punishied with death and confiscation of ther goods.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. i. 10 Wizards and Witches have sometimes their field Conventicles.

1708 Ld. Shaftesbury Let. conc. Enthusiasm 33 If we had..grave Officers and Judges, erected to restrain Poetical Licence..we shou'd have Field-Conventicles of Lovers and Poets.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 292 House Conventicles, crouded without the doors, or at the windows, were to be reckoned, and punished, as Field Conventicles.

1780 Protestant Packet 13 Oct. 135 They pass one act, forbidding preaching or resorting to house or field conventicles.

a1806 C. J. Fox Hist. Early Part Reign James II (1808) 129 The punishment of death..had formerly attached upon the preachers at field conventicles only.

1836 Caledonian Mercury 9 May Are we unmindful whence proceeded those edicts which extended the punishment of death from preachers at field conventicles to all their auditors?

1871 A. Stewart Gen. Questions on Hist. 290 This act did not put down field conventicles, it only changed them into conventicles of armed men.

1904 D. H. Fleming Story Sc. Covenants 60 The act explained that a house-conventicle became a field-conventicle if there were more persons present than the house contained, so that some of them were outside the door.

1948 F. C. Turner James II 189 Landowners were forbidden, under very heavy penalties, to allow Covenanters to be their tenants or servants, or to hold field Conventicles on their land.

2005 Hist. Today (Nexis) June The laws against dissent in Scotland were even more savage than they were in England, involving..death for those who preached at field conventicles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	field conventicle
释义	field conventiclen. Brit. /ˈfiːld kənˌvɛntᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈfil(d) kənˌvɛn(t)əkl/ Forms: see field n.¹ and conventicle n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, conventicle n. Etymology: < field n.¹ + conventicle n. Compare field preaching n. and discussion at conventicle n. 4c, and compare also field meeting n. 2, house conventicle n. Now historical. An open-air religious meeting, spec. one held by Scottish Presbyterians during the reigns of Charles II and James II & VII (see conventicle n. 4c). Also in extended use. Cf. house conventicle n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] > in open air field meetinga1657 field conventicle1670 camp-meeting1803 1670 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1670/7/11 Whosoever..shall preach..at any of these meetings in the feild, or in any house wher ther be moe persons nor the house contains, so as some of them be without doors (which is heerby declared to be a feild conventicle)..shall be punishied with death and confiscation of ther goods. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. i. 10 Wizards and Witches have sometimes their field Conventicles. 1708 Ld. Shaftesbury Let. conc. Enthusiasm 33 If we had..grave Officers and Judges, erected to restrain Poetical Licence..we shou'd have Field-Conventicles of Lovers and Poets. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 292 House Conventicles, crouded without the doors, or at the windows, were to be reckoned, and punished, as Field Conventicles. 1780 Protestant Packet 13 Oct. 135 They pass one act, forbidding preaching or resorting to house or field conventicles. a1806 C. J. Fox Hist. Early Part Reign James II (1808) 129 The punishment of death..had formerly attached upon the preachers at field conventicles only. 1836 Caledonian Mercury 9 May Are we unmindful whence proceeded those edicts which extended the punishment of death from preachers at field conventicles to all their auditors? 1871 A. Stewart Gen. Questions on Hist. 290 This act did not put down field conventicles, it only changed them into conventicles of armed men. 1904 D. H. Fleming Story Sc. Covenants 60 The act explained that a house-conventicle became a field-conventicle if there were more persons present than the house contained, so that some of them were outside the door. 1948 F. C. Turner James II 189 Landowners were forbidden, under very heavy penalties, to allow Covenanters to be their tenants or servants, or to hold field Conventicles on their land. 2005 Hist. Today (Nexis) June The laws against dissent in Scotland were even more savage than they were in England, involving..death for those who preached at field conventicles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1670
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