conventicle

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Noun
  • The mother and daughter couldn’t swim, and the family waited out the storm in their home as the waters flooded — but didn’t dislodge — their house.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
  • Federal grant funding had been earmarked for the factory, but the money was taken back before any houses were produced.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started Thursday with a ceremonial groundbreaking.
    Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • From the singular lingo to the craftsmanship of the boards to the leagues and clubs that still have a home in bars and VFW halls, cribbage has a human touch and an old-fashioned aesthetic.
    Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
  • While also operating More Gallery, an exhibition space in a former turbine hall near Lucerne, Switzerland, Mourmans has been orchestrating the renovations himself with an eye toward sustainability.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • The competition between Grayson Loftis (Duke), Conner Harrell (North Carolina), and Zack Wilcke (NW Mississippi) has continued through the summer and will retake center stage as camp begins.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2025
  • Stutsman, a linebacker who played at Oklahoma, is in camp as an NFL rookie with the New Orleans Saints.
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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“Conventicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventicle. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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