[Middle English conspiracie,
from Latin conspirare]
First appeared 14th Century
1 : the act of conspiring together
2 a : an agreement among conspirators
b : a group of conspirators
synonym see PLOT
"All great truths begin as blasphemies."
--George Bernard Shaw
1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents
4 : a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book);
b : a usu. small group of people characterized by such devotion
