Yearly Meeting
[ yeer-lee mee-ting ]
noun
an organization of geographically separated Quaker congregations that assembles annually for spiritual guidance on matters of principle, policy, and administration: Uneasiness marked the Yearly Meeting as resolution eluded the issue of paying taxes that finance war.
Origin of Yearly Meeting
1First recorded in 1710–15
Words Nearby Yearly Meeting
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How to use Yearly Meeting in a sentence
Besides, I promised Westover to put him up this time, and the half-Yearly Meeting's to-morrow, you know.
A Monk of Cruta | E. Phillips OppenheimThe half-Yearly Meeting we write of was imbued with the latter spirit.
The Iron Horse | R.M. BallantyneAt the half-Yearly Meeting a Committee was appointed to enquire into the advisability of extending the boarding accommodation.
A History of Giggleswick School | Edward Allen Bell
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