gospel side
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gospel side
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The blue-eyed soul singer leans on the gospel side of the holiday musical tradition with this collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2018
At the gospel side, flanked by taper bearers and the thurifer, Pastor Robert Mohrhardt chanted: "Make not My Father's house an house of merchandise."
From Time Magazine Archive
At the east end of the church, on the gospel side of the site of the high altar, there is a recess in the wall, forming an ambry of elegant form.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
In a plain redwood coffin his precious remains were laid in a vault "on the gospel side of the altar within the sanctuary of San Carlos Mission."
From Chimes of Mission Bells; an historical sketch of California and her missions by Maria Antonia Field
In parish churches it is placed within the sanctuary at the north or "gospel" side of the Altar, facing the people.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
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