1. Members of a conventicle; people who attend or participate in a conventicle (a small, often secret religious meeting or assembly, especially one held outside established church authority).
Usage: historical; often used in reference to Protestant dissenters in 17th-century England; plural form of conventicler

Examples

• The conventiclers met in secret to worship according to their own beliefs.
• Authorities in the 1600s often persecuted conventiclers for their unauthorized religious gatherings.
• The conventiclers rejected the practices of the established church and formed their own communities.
• Many conventiclers were willing to risk punishment to maintain their faith practices.
• The term 'conventiclers' was sometimes used derisively by those who supported the official church.