- (n.) A small assembly or gathering; especially, a secret assembly.
- (n.) An assembly for religious worship; especially, 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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