Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventicle
Noun
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How Washington behaves vis-à-vis those deposits influences the process and reconfigures the balance within the Shia house.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026 -
That high mark owes much to the city’s Ribeira district, which is home to picturesque houses with red terracotta roofs clustered along the Douro River.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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On Thursday mornings, my high school’s upper grades gathered in our meetinghouse—a spartan, Italianate-style building whose wooden benches bore the etchings of a century and a half of antsy pencils and fingernails—and, for an hour, sat in near-total silence.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
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The shooting took place after an argument reportedly broke out during a funeral service at a local meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Yet if Charlie Baker walked into that convention hall on Saturday, he no doubt would be hailed as a hero.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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He’d been promoted to work in one of the nuclear plant’s circulation-pump rooms and then became a senior operator in the pump hall of Chernobyl’s newest reactor, known as Unit 4.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Families of children and counselors who died last July expressed relief at news the camp had heeded pleas to remain closed while investigations continue.—
Molly Hennessy-Fiske,
Washington Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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The statement said representatives and attorneys for the camp would not be available for further comment.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Conventicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventicle. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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