tentmaker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tentmaker
Example Sentences
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For Dave, being a tentmaker missionary was a way to catch up to Lynne’s international experience, to turn his brief glimpses of other cultures into a stare.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2014
Just after the conference, they started dating, and Dave pitched Lynne the idea of spending their first few years of marriage doing this tentmaker thing.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2014
Someone in the city of Tarsus said, "St Paul's father was a tentmaker here."
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013
St. Paul, the Master's best priest and preacher, was a tentmaker, and his priesthood was a vocation and not a paying job.
From Time Magazine Archive
Judging from this latter mode, we conclude that Bunyan the brazier was very nearly related to, and descended from, Paul the tentmaker, and the other apostles.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
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