conventicler


con·ven·ti·cle

C0613400 (kən-vĕn′tĭ-kəl)n.1. A religious meeting, especially a secret or illegal one, such as those held by Dissenters in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.2. The place where such a meeting is held.
[Middle English, from Latin conventiculum, meeting, diminutive of conventus, assembly; see convent.]
con·ven′ti·cler n.