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

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

From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita

The Woodburn children were never willing to miss a meeting, and took pride and pleasure in doing their full share of the sewing undertaken by the Dorcas society.

From Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Finley, Martha

"I was in doubts," he said, "as to whether I was in one of Moody and Sankey's meetings or whether some strange fate had thrown me into the midst of a Dorcas society."

From The Man Who Rose Again by Hocking, Joseph

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

The Dorcas society can meet at one side while your little Jack and his friends are playing games at the other.

From The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)