| 单词 | quaker meeting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQuaker meeting Quaker meeting n. (also Quakers' meeting) a religious meeting of members of the Society of Friends, in which those attending remain silent until moved by the Spirit to speak; (in extended use) any silent or solemn meeting. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] > of Quakers Quaker meeting1656 sitting1771 society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > types of morn-speechOE court1154 morrow-speech1183 conventicle1382 congregation1389 plenary session1483 journeyc1500 night school1529 assession1560 general meeting1565 family meeting1638 panegyris1647 desk1691 collegea1703 annual general meeting1725 mass meeting1733 panegyre1757 plenum1772 family council1797 coterie1805 Round Table1830 GA1844 indignation meeting1848 protest meeting1852 hui1858 primary1859 Quaker meeting1861 mothers' meeting1865 sit-down1868 town hall1912 jamboree1919 protest rally1921 con1940 face-to-face1960 morning prayers1961 struggle meeting1966 be-in1967 love-in1967 plenary1969 catch-up1972 rencontre1975 schmoozefest1976 1656 True Relation Dispute Fullwood & Salt-house To Rdr. sig. B2 It seemeth strange to some, that Mr Fullwood would venture to go into the Quakers meeting. 1659 in Compact with Charter & Laws of Colony of New Plymouth (1836) II. 125 Others thinke it meet to p[er]mitt some p[er]sons to frequent the Quaker meetings to endeavor to reduce them form [sic] the error of theire wayes. 1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 32 The finest speaker..would in vain point the thunder of his eloquence on a quaker-meeting. 1800 W. F. Mavor Brit. Nepos (ed. 2) xxiii. 286 After enduring another imprisonment for attending a quaker meeting, he [sc. William Penn] visited Holland and Germany. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. x. 178 Isn't it very ridiculous..that we four should be standing here in a sort of Quakers' meeting. 1999 J. Burchill Married Alive v. 65 A shameless..meat market that makes the average teenage thrash look like a Quaker meeting. < as lemmas |
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