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

Some 58 years ago, Fannie Lou Hamer found her way to a mass meeting at William Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Ruleville, Miss., population 1,902.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2020

On this date in 1861, declaring that Arizona had been deserted and left to the Apaches by the federal government, 68 citizens held a mass meeting in Tucson and voted to join the Confederacy.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2020

“He listened with a smile,” said Miss Faye Bellamy, secretary of the SNCC, who accompanied Malcolm X to a Negro church where he would address a mass meeting.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey