I ran into a couple of new-to-me words this week. Well, one is new and one I thought was worth looking up, since I only had a general idea. They are both from “They Took My Lord Away” by John Donne in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter.
conventicle: an assembly of an irregular or unlawful character; an assembly for religious worship ; especially : a secret meeting for worship not sanctioned by law
“we may (mis)take a conventicle for a Church”
execrable: utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent; very bad
“execrable and blasphemous oaths”
See what other words were “discovered” this week at Bermudaonion’s Weblog.
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4 comments on Wondrous Word Wednesday
Both of those words are new to me. Thanks for playing along.
I’m pretty sure I’d come across “execrable” before, but “conventicle” is definitely a new one!
Conventicle is a new one to me. Probably won’t ever use it in conversation though 😉
I used to teach John Donne (in high school) and I still don’t know those words! Here’s mine:
http://bookcritiques.blogspot.com/2009/03/wondrous-words-wednesday.html