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单词 amen corner
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Definition of amen corner in English:

amen corner

noun
US
  • The part of a Methodist meeting house formerly occupied by worshippers who responded to the preacher's utterances with occasional shouts of ‘Amen!’.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To most of those who composed the amen corner it was a magnificent and beautiful experience.
    • In the earliest days of my memory there were still audible “amens” coming from the amen corner.
    • Because here in the amen corner of the wingnut choir, we're all singing from the same hymnal!
 
 

Definition of amen corner in US English:

amen corner

noun
US
  • 1(in some Protestant churches) seats, usually near the preacher, occupied by those who lead responses from the congregation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To most of those who composed the amen corner it was a magnificent and beautiful experience.
    • In the earliest days of my memory there were still audible “amens” coming from the amen corner.
    • Because here in the amen corner of the wingnut choir, we're all singing from the same hymnal!
    1. 1.1informal A group of people that give unwavering support.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Because here in the amen corner of the wingnut choir, we're all singing from the same hymnal!
      • We all know, of course, about Pat Buchanan, first denounced by Abe Rosenthal as an anti-Semite for suggesting that there was an amen corner in America.
      • Kojo completely failed to raise this point, and when he looked to the Jewish guest to respond to the Palestianians, she served as their amen corner.
      • In a secular context, those in the ' amen corner ' are followers who can be counted on to agree with whatever their leader says.
      • That is not a racist statement, however inflammatory it is for Israel's amen corner.
      • Look, it was an echo chamber, amen corner.
      • Maybe he simply wants to excite his amen corner - that is, people who might rush out and see, buy or rent his movies.
      • Too often they're not in opposition; they're an amen corner.
      • I would jump, clap, run and lead the amen corner.
      • And when he said that, someone in the crowd shouted out amen, and the president joked there's sort of an amen corner over at the CIA, Roland.
      • Also declining comment was Pat Buchanan, the conservative presidential candidate who once caught flak for calling Israel's supporters in the press the "amen corner."
      • To those of us who've been paying attention, it's a familiar sermon, but you can find me in Neiwert's "amen corner" any day.
      • And for Hamel - for nearly everyone in the New Economy amen corner - that was perfectly OK, if not downright virtuous.
      • Buchanan was blasted as an anti-Semite years ago when he cited Israel's "amen corner" in Congress.
      • His charges spread like a prairie fire through the rabid conservative grapevine and amen corner.
      • But shouldn't bishops be more than the pope's amen corner?
 
 
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