conventicle

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Noun
  • As the man of the house — for his mother, twin sister and three younger sisters — his adolescence came with different pressures.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • All the while, the enchanted garden where Travis would get down on one knee was being assembled outside of his and Swift’s house.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There was a separate service Tuesday evening at LDS’ Flint meetinghouse with David Bednar, a senior leader in the LDS Church who’s part of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said Gary Geiger, a LDS member in metro Detroit who is a spokesman for the church in Michigan.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Next, follow the map down Centre Street to the African Meeting House, one of the nation’s few surviving 19th-century Black meetinghouses.
    New York Times, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The nation’s capital might be known for its halls of power.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • He and his family — his wife and two young children — were displaced from their home in the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City to Rafah in the south early in the war.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Shoppers love it for sports travel, summer camp, and any sort of active family travel, as it's made from sturdy, tear-resistant material that doesn't show dirt easily.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Conventicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventicle. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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