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conventicling

/kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)lɪŋ/

conventicling is the present participle and gerund of conventicle.

Meaning of conventicle

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.

See all 4 meanings of conventicle

Adjective

conventicling (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle
    • conventicling schools […] set up and taught secretly by fanatics1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Noun

conventicling (uncountable)

  1. Attendance or holding of a conventicle.

Questions about conventicling

What does conventicling mean?
Conventicling means belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle.
What is conventicling the present participle and gerund of?
Conventicling is the present participle and gerund of conventicle.
What part of speech is conventicling?
Conventicling can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce conventicling?
Conventicling is pronounced /kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)lɪŋ/.

Words near conventicling in the dictionary

  1. conventicle
  2. conventicled
  3. conventicler
  4. conventiclers
  5. conventicles
  6. conventicling
  7. conventicular
  8. conventiculum
  9. conventing
  10. convention
  11. convention bump

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conventicling (page history and authors); conventicle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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