Conventicle

It was followed by another outrageous law, called the Conventicle Act, by which any person above the age of sixteen who was present at any religious service not according to the Prayer-Book, was to be imprisoned three months for the first offence, six for the second, and to be transported for the third.

A Child's History of England 2007

By the so-called Conventicle Act of 1664 he tried to prevent the Dissenters from attending religious meetings by a threat of deportation to the West Indies.

The Story of Mankind 1921

The Parliament had sat some time before, and hatched that unaccountable law which was called the Conventicle Act; if that may be allowed to be called a law, by whomsoever made, which was so directly contrary to the fundamental laws of England, to common justice, equity, and right reason, as this manifestly was.

The History of Thomas Ellwood Written by Himself Ellwood, Thomas, 1639-1713 1885

It was followed by another outrageous law, called the Conventicle Act, by which any person above the age of sixteen who was present at any religious service not according to the Prayer-Book, was to be imprisoned three months for the first offence, six for the second, and to be transported for the third.

A child`s history of England 1852

It was followed by another outrageous law, called the Conventicle Act, by which any person above the age of sixteen who was present at any religious service not according to the Prayer-Book, was to be imprisoned three months for the first offence, six for the second, and to be transported for the third.

A Child's History of England Charles Dickens 1841

The Parliament had sat some time before, and hatched that unaccountable law which was called the Conventicle Act; if that may be allowed to be called a law, by whomsoever made, which was so directly contrary to the fundamental laws of England, to common justice, equity, and right reason, as this manifestly was.

The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself Thomas Ellwood 1676

In part this was because the bottle was shared only between two, for Holland did not judge that the Fellowship of the Holy Conventicle would countenance the drinking of wine.

The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

AUTEM-CACKLETUB, a Conventicle, a Meeting-House for Dissenters.

Boing Boing 2008

He belonged to a small sect, based in England—in Kent—called the Fellowship of the Holy Conventicle.

The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

He belonged to a small sect, based in England—in Kent—called the Fellowship of the Holy Conventicle.

The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010