conventicle

noun

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as in house

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  1. house
  2. meetinghouse
  3. hall
  4. camp
Noun
  • By chance, her parents and her sister had left the house just three days before the strike, because her mother couldn’t sleep.
    — Ava Bambuck, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Games such as pickleball and activities like walking groups get people out of the house, combat isolation and keep both the body and mind engaged, O’Sullivan explained.
    — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • Plans call for an 82,000-square-foot, multistory temple, including a meetinghouse and an accompanying ancillary building.
    — Scott McIntosh, Idaho Statesman, 26 May 2026
  • Four people died in a shooting at a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan last September.
    — Victoria Hoffmann, Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2026
Definition of meetinghouse
Noun
  • When the news was announced during a livestream on Tuesday, Mark Ford, the executive director of the hall, read a statement from Taylor.
    — Andrea Dresdale, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There's another bedroom down the hall with a private balcony, as well as a smaller third room.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hall
Noun
  • But the Colts are now two weeks into training camp, and the team has had no further updates.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That evening, back at camp beside a fire, Billy answers Kris’ question with the monologue that is the film’s spine.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of camp
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