grange
noun
a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names): the grange of a gentleman-farmer.
granges
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pluralof grange.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The church serves so well the social needs of the community that a social hall once popular has been closed and three granges in succession have attempted to organize in the community and have failed.
From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Warren H. (Warren Hugh) Wilson
Although the women held few suffrage meetings of their own, their speakers and organizers constantly obtained the platform at those of granges, farmers' unions, labor unions, churches and other organizations.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Ida Husted Harper
Externally granges are noticeable on account of their great roofs and the slight elevation of the eaves, from 8 to 10 ft. only in height.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Both men and women are admitted to membership and in several states junior granges for the older children are numerous.
From The Farmer and His Community by Dwight Sanderson
It includes also women who are wholesomely unknown to the world at large but well known in the granges and among the Christian Endeavorers.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper
