Etymology
Origin of ingathering
Example Sentences
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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
Joda became one of the hundreds of thousands who joined the "ingathering" at the home of his ancestors.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In a sense Whitman's entire life was an act of ingathering and what Kaplan calls "a demonstration of the regenerative power of personality, change and language."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Have we not been used to hear of special efforts being made for the rescue of perishing souls, and ingathering of those who are in danger of dying unready?
From Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet by Champness, Thomas
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