English → Latin
“conventicle” in Latin
conventiculumassembly, meeting, association (or the place involved)dēserōto leave, depart, desert, quit; to forsake, abandon, give up; to let down
The English word conventicle itself goes back to Latin conveniō, through conventiculum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conventicle
conventiculum (conventicle, used by Tac., for the place of meeting; so Arnobius): conventiculum eorum, qui patriam religionem, or patria sacra, deseruerunt.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conventicle?
- The usual Latin words for “conventicle” are conventiculum, dēserō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.