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

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)

Why, last Christmas, there was one family on Willow Lane who received five turkeys from the Presbyterians alone, and the Dorcas society was always sending clothes to that poor unfortunate Mrs. Perkins.

From The End of the Rainbow by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

Oh yes: perhaps we can form ourselves into a Dorcas society.

From Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Finley, Martha

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

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

From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita