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gospel side

American  

noun

  1. (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.


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

When in this manner the public devotion had been accomplished, on Sunday night the coffin was placed on an eminence near the high altar, on the gospel side.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir

In a dark corner of the chapel at the gospel side of the altar a stout old lady knelt amid her copious black skirts.

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James

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 Macdougall, W. B.

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