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1. The name of an English city, used attrib. in Exeter-elm (see quot.). Also, as the name of a bait for salmon.
1882Garden 11 Nov. 419/3 The Exeter Elm..is simply a fastigiate variety. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 54 Phantoms, Exeters..and various other Baits for Salmon.
2. Exeter Hall, a building in the Strand, London, erected in 1830–31, used chiefly for religious and philanthropic assemblies till 1907; often used allusively to denote a type of evangelicalism.
1835Moore Fudge Fam. England i. 78 'Tis rumour'd our Manager means to bespeak The Church tumblers from Exeter Hall for next week. 1849Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph., Nigger Q. (1858) 3 Exeter Hall, my philanthropic friends, has had its way in this matter. Ibid., A state of matters..which has earned us not only the praise of Exeter Hall,..but lasting favour (it is hoped) from the Heavenly Powers themselves. Ibid. 5 Exeter-Hall Philanthropy. Ibid. 15 We must be patient, and let the Exeter-Hallery and other tragic Tomfoolery rave itself out. 1860W. H. Russell Diary India I. 356 Our Christian character in Europe, our Christian zeal in Exeter Hall, will not atone for usurpation and annexation in Hindostan. 1888Contemp. Rev. Apr. 531 Thither [sc. Africa] Manchester turns her longing eyes, thither the heart of Exeter Hall is yearning. 1907Daily Chron. 4 Mar. 6/6 The vanishing of Exeter Hall from the world of Evangelicalism. |