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ingathering

American  
[in-gath-er-ing] / ˈɪnˌgæð ər ɪŋ /

noun

  1. a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest.

  2. a gathering together, as of persons; assembly.


Etymology

Origin of ingathering

First recorded in 1525–35; in- 1 + gathering

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Their ranks also included many former Democrats who shared a fervor for the anti-slavery cause and helped take some of the Whiggish, elitist edge off this ingathering of idealists and practical politicians.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2016

I’m having a small party to celebrate my ingathering of selves.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2013

Last week the era of indiscriminate ingathering came to a reluctant end.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its early faculty was an ingathering from all Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of these was the Feast of Tabernacles, kept in commemoration of the sojourn of their fathers in the wilderness, and as a special thanksgiving to God after the ingathering of the autumnal harvest.

From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Joseph Cross

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