conventicle vs symposium

conventicle

noun
  • The place where such a meeting is held. 

  • A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. 

  • A Quaker meetinghouse. 

verb
  • To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. 

symposium

noun
  • A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations. 

  • A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion. 

  • A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors. 

How often have the words conventicle and symposium occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )