| 单词 | storefront mission |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstorefront mission storefront church n. a shop building used as a church or meeting place, esp. by small evangelical groups; also storefront mission, storefront synagogue, storefront temple. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [noun] > set up in vacant store store church1948 storefront church1957 1957 Economist 28 Sept. 1031/2 The Negro newcomer from the South..may attend a ‘storefront church’, of uncertain denomination, in a rented shop with the display window painted over. 1965 D. Henderson in S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry (1973) iii. 269 The ritual is black The ritual is in the storefront temple On the corner. 1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues ii. 62 Infinitely smaller, but important because of their numbers and their devout followings of tiny congregations, are the multitude of store-front churches which line the streets in the Negro areas of the main urban centres. 1973 C. Himes Black on Black 167 For one hundred and fifty dollars he leased a storefront church in the heart of the slums and poverty. 1973 A. Dundes Mother Wit 175 Professor Dillard..examines the names of store-front churches... The individual words in store-front church names may be SE (Standard English). 1975 A. Bergman Hollywood & Le Vine (1976) vii. 80 A store-front synagogue in Brooklyn. 1978 Sunday Mail TV Suppl. (Brisbane) 23 July 2/2 The pair operate a store~front mission in a lower class area. < as lemmas |
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