英语词汇“dorcas society”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Dorcas Society, a ladies' association in a church for the purpose of making and providing clothes for the poor. So Dorcas basket, a basket of needlework for charitable purposes; Dorcas meeting. Also elliptical.

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1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xi. 154 Yet..spite of the old women and their Dorcas societies, atheism is awake and thriving.

1833 Knickerbocker Mag. 1 157 A message from a Dorcas society.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dorcas, benevolent societies which furnish poor with clothing gratuitously or at a cheap rate.

1857 Eleanor Clare's Jrnl. in Househ. Words 16 199 I hope she will not bring a Dorcas basket to sew at.

1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xix There was great putting of heads together at the ‘Dorcas’, about it.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 120 Some prim Miss..in which Felix was no more interested than in Dorcas meetings.

1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xliv Lizzie worked for her Dorcas society.

1900 A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 39 Getting ready for a Dorcas that came to our house once a quarter to have tea and work for the heathen.

单词	dorcas society
释义	> as lemmas Dorcas Society Dorcas Society, a ladies' association in a church for the purpose of making and providing clothes for the poor. So Dorcas basket, a basket of needlework for charitable purposes; Dorcas meeting. Also elliptical. ΚΠ 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xi. 154 Yet..spite of the old women and their Dorcas societies, atheism is awake and thriving. 1833 Knickerbocker Mag. 1 157 A message from a Dorcas society. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dorcas, benevolent societies which furnish poor with clothing gratuitously or at a cheap rate. 1857 Eleanor Clare's Jrnl. in Househ. Words 16 199 I hope she will not bring a Dorcas basket to sew at. 1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xix There was great putting of heads together at the ‘Dorcas’, about it. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 120 Some prim Miss..in which Felix was no more interested than in Dorcas meetings. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xliv Lizzie worked for her Dorcas society. 1900 A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 39 Getting ready for a Dorcas that came to our house once a quarter to have tea and work for the heathen. extracted from Dorcasn.¹ < as lemmas
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