Dorcas society

noun

1. a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for people in need.

Dorcas society

noun

1. a Christian charitable society for women with the aim of providing clothes for the poor

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dorcas society¹

First recorded in 1825–35; named after Dorcas

Example Sentences

A Dorcas Society is kept up by a few ladies; and collections are made annually for foreign missions and other objects.

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Here comes a group of little barefoot children to the door of the Dorcas Society.

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The lady receives at ten a young missionary and three members of the Dorcas Society.

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One would think you were at a Dorcas Society, I said, getting rattled.

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Thank you so much for the flannel for the Dorcas Society, and also for the gingham.

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