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watch meeting

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noun

a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.

Origin of watch meeting

First recorded in 1895–1900

Also called watch-night service

[woch-nahyt] /ˈwɒtʃˌnaɪt/.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for watch meeting

Historical Examples of watch meeting

"I wish you would come to the watch-meeting to-night," she said, wistfully.
In League with Israel
Annie F. Johnston
Last night after a very successful and powerful meeting at Chambers' Schoolhouse we came to the watch-meeting at Albion.
Birth of a Reformation
Andrew Byers