Definition of Conventicling. Meaning of Conventicling. Synonyms of Conventicling

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Definition of Conventicling

Conventicling
Conventicling Con*ven"ti*cling, a. Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.] Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. --South.

Meaning of Conventicling from wikipedia

- A conventicle originally signified no more than an ****embly and was frequently used by ancient writers for a church. At a semantic level conventicle is...
- Conventicle Act may refer to: English Acts of Parliament: Conventicle Act 1664 Conventicles Act 1670 Conventicle Act (Sweden), in effect 1726–1858 in Sweden...
- The Conventicle Act 1664 was an Act of the Parliament of England (16 Cha. 2. c. 4) that forbade conventicles, defined as religious ****emblies of more than...
- The Conventicle Act (Swedish: Konventikelplakatet) was a Swedish law, in effect between 21 January 1726 and 26 October 1858 in Sweden and until 1 July...
- 1662 made the use of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer compulsory; the Conventicle Act 1664 prohibited religious ****emblies of more than five people, except...
- Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles". The Act imposed a fine on any person who attended a conventicle (any religious ****embly other than the...
- Seditious Sectaries Act 1592 or the Act Against Puritans 1592 or the Conventicle Act 1593 (35 Eliz. 1. c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England....
- which men, forming not a convent, but a plainly unlawful and doubtful conventicle, have set over themselves, under the name of Abbot, a certain lunatic...
- An illegal conventicle, Covenanters in a Glen...
- street, which Penn deliberately provoked to test the validity of the 1664 Conventicle Act, just renewed in 1670, which denied the right of ****embly to "more...