Dorcas society

American  

noun

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

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Dorcas society British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Dorcas society

First recorded in 1825–35; named after Dorcas

Example Sentences

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Dorcas society

"And join a Dorcas society, and wear flannel next the skin, and woollen stockings and flat-heeled shoes!"

From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita

Mrs. Tarbell looked, in fact, like the president of a Dorcas society or a visitor of a church hospital.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

She was active in Dorcas society and in meeting.

From A Northern Countryside by Richards, Rosalind

But at length that subject was dropped and the one of the proposed Dorcas society taken up.

From Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Finley, Martha

"It's that sewing for the Dorcas society, papa, beside all my lessons and practising, and other things that you bid me do every day."

From Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Finley, Martha