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A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly.

An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics.

Applied in contempt to a meeting for worship of dissenters from the Established Church in England.

A small assembly for worship.

n. [Latin] An assembly or gathering, especially for worship; —a dissenters meeting house.

An assembly, a meeting; assembly for worship; a secret assembly.