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house group

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noun

  1. a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house

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Ken Thomson, Velasco’s seasoned pro of a partner in the Washington, was a virtually omnipresent force across both days, including as a member of the organization’s house group, the Bang on a Can All-Stars.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021

We are a group of 10 or so, and we meet up for dinners out, dinners in at someone’s house, group activities, traveling, etc.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2019

On the western end of the ridge is a small house group, which, for convenience sake, I will designate as “Mason’s Ruins.”

From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl

The path strikes a natural terrace, and on this is seen a ruined house group built of undressed stones on the bare rock.

From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl

The house group occupied the entire width of a cave, which was eighty feet across, and there was a foundation wall made of stone and timber underneath the front part.

From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl