† conventiˈcleer Obs.
[f. conventicle n. + -eer1.]
A variant of conventicler.
| 1647 New Quæres to Prælates 6 Whether if the Apostles were now in England..our Lord Prelates would not..fine and imprison them for Convinticleers. 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 302 The surly Conventicleer. Ibid. 303 He would help him to hunt the Conventicleer into his own narrow boundaries. |