| 单词 |
field-conventicle |
| 释义 |
ˌfield-conˈventicle
An open-air religious meeting. See conventicle 4 c.
1678Marvell Corr. ccclxi. Wks. 1872–5 II. 631 They [the Scots] still continue their..field conventicles. a1715[see conventicle n. 4 c]. a1806C. J. Fox Hist. 129 The punishment of death..had formerly attached upon the preachers at field conventicles only.
transf.1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 21 If we had..grave officers and judges, erected to restrain poetical licence..we shou'd have field-conventicles of lovers and poets.
Hence ˌfield-conˈventicle v., intr., to frequent or hold field-conventicles. ˌfield-conˈventicler, one who attends or frequents field-conventicles.
1680G. Hickes Spirit of Popery Pref. 3 They [the Scotch] began to Field-Conventicle. Ibid. 67 Jus populi vindicatum, and Naphthali are the Pocket-books of the Field-Conventiclers. 1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2221/1 Those Enemies of Christianity as well as Government and Humane Society, The Field-Conventiclers. |
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