Relating to or characteristic of a conventicle; clandestine, secretive, or outside official religious structures.
From 'conventicle' + adjectival suffix '-ar/-ar.' Developed to describe practices, attitudes, and activities associated with unauthorized religious gatherings.
The word 'conventicular' captures something fascinating: how breaking the rules of official religion became its own kind of social structure with its own rules and identities.
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