Obs. [ad. L. conciliābul-um, place of assembly, f. concilium an assembly, on type of words in -ble through F. from L. -bulum, e.g., stable. In med.L. used depreciatively, in comparison with concilium.] A small or secret assembly; a conventicle; applied esp. to an ecclesiastical council considered to be illegally assembled or schismatic.
1521. Fisher, Serm. agst. Luther, Wks. 343. This onely chyrche is the spouse of chryst, all other sembles … be … concylyables of the deuyll.
1589. Bacon, Controv. Ch. Eng. (T.). The conventicles and conciliables of hereticks and sectaries.
1609. Bp. W. Barlow, Answ. Nameless Catholic, 143. The stolne Conciliable and conuenticle of Trent.
1642. Hales, Schism, 8. Until the second Council of Nice, in which concileable [1677 conciliable] Superstition and Ignorance did conspire.
