watch meeting

noun

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

Origin of watch meeting

¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Also called watch-night service [woch-nahyt]. /ˈwɒtʃˌnaɪt/.

Words Nearby watch meeting

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use watch meeting in a sentence

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
One of the Wesleyan missionaries gave us an account of the watch meeting at the chapel in St. John's.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus | American Anti-Slavery Society
"I wish you would come to the watch-meeting to-night," she said, wistfully.
In League with Israel | Annie F. Johnston

Browse