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Yearly Meeting
[ yeer-lee mee-ting ]
noun
- an organization of geographically separated Quaker congregations that assembles annually for spiritual guidance on matters of principle, policy, and administration:
Uneasiness marked the Yearly Meeting as resolution eluded the issue of paying taxes that finance war.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Yearly Meeting1
First recorded in 1710–15
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Example Sentences
Besides, I promised Westover to put him up this time, and the half-yearly meeting's to-morrow, you know.
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The half-yearly meeting we write of was imbued with the latter spirit.
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At the half-yearly meeting a Committee was appointed to enquire into the advisability of extending the boarding accommodation.
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