camp meeting

noun

a religious gathering held in a tent or in the open air.

Nearby words

camp fire boy, camp fire girl, camp follower, camp it up, camp lejeune, camp meeting, camp out, camp oven, camp pendleton, camp pie, camp robber

Origin of camp meeting

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Examples from the Web for camp meeting

If he had not been in public life, he would have been a camp-meeting exhorter.
The Plum Tree|David Graham Phillips
Tell the jury whether you were at the Timber Creek camp-meeting on the 9th of August.
The Graysons|Edward Eggleston
He wanted to ask her to go with him down to Cedarville to the Methodist camp-meeting, but he knew it was impossible.
Other Main-Travelled Roads|Hamlin Garland
As Grinnell talked, he often paused in his work to imitate the gesticulatory enthusiasms of the saints at the camp-meeting.
The Riddle Of The Rocks|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)

Ever since the old Coyote Valley camp-meeting a new friendship, a new happiness, had come into her life.
The Transformation of Job|Frederick Vining Fisher

British Dictionary definitions for camp meeting

camp meeting

noun

mainly US a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days

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camp meeting

noun

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camp meeting

noun