Hi everybody. I’m sorry for being incognito for so long. I started a high school teaching job in August and have been swamped with prep work. I hope to be putting in some time here at the big C in coming days.
Thank you Jay and Allen for your contributions here!
Chris R.

For some reason, every post written here says ‘by allenm,’ even though there are several authored by other contributors. I’ll try to get this fixed ASAP.
(Who IS ‘allenm,’ you ask? See here for more on our beloved fellow contributor.)
Chris

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con⋅ven⋅ti⋅cle (kənˈvɛntɪkəl), n.

a secret or unauthorized meeting, esp. for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries
a place of meeting or assembly, esp. a Nonconformist meeting house
(obsolete) a meeting or assembly

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