mass meeting

American  

noun

1. a large or general assembly to discuss or hear discussed some matter of common interest or concern.

   a mass meeting to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Etymology

Origin of mass meeting

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35

Example Sentences

In mid-July, the bargaining will gather serious momentum when the union holds a mass meeting and strike authorization vote at T-Mobile Park.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Sunday morning, Barber spoke at Tabernacle Baptist Church, the site of the first mass meeting of the voting rights movement.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022

Louis Lloyd Anderson, then-pastor of Tabernacle, agreed to open the church’s doors for the movement’s first mass meeting.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2021

Lafayette told other Freedom Riders to make sure they had a partner when they got off the bus, and to meet at First Baptist Church for a mass meeting that night if they got separated.

From Washington Times • Feb. 8, 2020

At night a tremendous mass meeting was held in the Auditorium, where a bronze tablet which had been inscribed to her memory was unveiled.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry