Abyssinian
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
According to Belafonte, they arranged a meeting in the basement of Abyssinian Baptist Church, where King told him he was almost out of money to fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott and asked for help.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
The two men’s return to office is not “resurrecting democracy,” said the Rev. Earle Fisher, a Memphis civil rights activist and senior pastor of Gifts of Abyssinian Baptist Church.
From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2023
Reverend Earle Fisher of Abyssinian Baptist Church spoke at both Young Dolph’s memorial and funeral and has talked with Morant’s father since the viral video.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023
And it culminated in Talley’s professional home, New York City, during Black History Month, with a performance by the gospel choir from Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church — Talley’s home congregation.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023
Adam Clayton Powell, the pastor of Abyssinian Baptist, had led a protest that resulted in more black people working in the stores on 125th Street.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
