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meeting
(mass) | meeting
- schôdzka, stretnutie, zhromaždenie, schôdza |
meeting
(encz) | meeting,setkání n: Pavel Cvrček |
meeting
(encz) | meeting,shromáždění n: Zdeněk Brož |
meeting
(encz) | meeting,schůze |
meeting
(encz) | meeting,schůzka |
Meeting
(gcide) | Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr.
& vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel.
maeta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.]
1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact
with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon
or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact
by following and overtaking.
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2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to
encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated
them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
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3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come
close to; to intercept; to come within the perception,
influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a
junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to
meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.
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His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi.
34.
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4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal
acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye
met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
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Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
--Pope.
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5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to
satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the
supply meets the demand.
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To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance
between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to
yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect
a compromise or reconciliation with.
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Meeting
(gcide) | Meeting \Meet"ing\ (m[=e]t"[i^]ng), n.
1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of
Congress.
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2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the
roads or of two rivers.
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3. A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as,
a large meeting; an harmonious meeting.
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4. An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday;
-- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to
the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.
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Syn: Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation;
junction; confluence; union.
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meeting
(wn) | meeting
n 1: a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will
be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" [syn:
meeting, group meeting]
2: a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal
meeting in my living room" [syn: meeting, get together]
3: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their
meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the
hallway" [syn: meeting, encounter]
4: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his
meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
[syn: meeting, coming together]
5: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two
groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
[syn: merging, meeting, coming together]
6: a place where things merge or flow together (especially
rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence,
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sports meeting
(mass) | sports meeting
- stretnutie |
annual general meeting
(encz) | Annual General Meeting,řádná valná hromada n: [ekon.] Ivan Masár |
camp meeting
(encz) | camp meeting,náboženské setkání [amer.] pod širým nebem Jiří Šmoldas |
committee meeting
(encz) | committee meeting, n: |
general meeting
(encz) | general meeting,celozávodní schůze n: Josef PoláchGeneral Meeting,valná hromada n: [ekon.] Ivan Masár |
go-to-meeting
(encz) | go-to-meeting, adj: |
hold a meeting
(encz) | hold a meeting,mít schůzi Zdeněk Brož |
informal meeting
(encz) | informal meeting, |
joint ad hoc committee of arrangements for the annual meetings of the boards of governors of the bank and the fund
(encz) | Joint Ad Hoc Committee of Arrangements for the Annual Meetings of the
Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund, |
lunch meeting
(encz) | lunch meeting, n: |
luncheon meeting
(encz) | luncheon meeting, n: |
mass meeting
(encz) | mass meeting, n: |
meeting house
(encz) | meeting house,modlitebna n: Zdeněk Brož |
meeting of minds
(encz) | meeting of minds,shoda názorů Zdeněk Brož |
meeting place
(encz) | meeting place, n: |
meetinghouse
(encz) | meetinghouse,modlitebna n: Zdeněk Brož |
meetings
(encz) | meetings,setkání pl. Zdeněk Brožmeetings,schůzky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
prayer meeting
(encz) | prayer meeting, n: |
race meeting
(encz) | race meeting,dostihy n: Michal Ambrož |
regular meeting
(encz) | regular meeting,pravidelná schůze Zdeněk Brožregular meeting,řádná schůze Zdeněk Brož |
review meeting
(encz) | review meeting,přezkumné jednání n: [práv.] Ivan Masár |
revival meeting
(encz) | revival meeting, n: |
sense of the meeting
(encz) | sense of the meeting, n: |
special meeting
(encz) | special meeting, |
sports meeting
(encz) | sports meeting,utkání |
stockholders meeting
(encz) | stockholders meeting, n: |
summit meeting
(encz) | summit meeting, |
sunday-go-to-meeting
(encz) | Sunday-go-to-meeting, adj: |
town meeting
(encz) | town meeting,schůze obecní rady Zdeněk Brož |
voting without meeting
(encz) | voting without meeting, |
Bemeeting
(gcide) | Bemeet \Be*meet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bemet; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bemeeting.]
To meet. [Obs.]
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Our very loving sister, well bemet. --Shak.
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Camp meeting
(gcide) | Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus
plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign,
Champ, n.]
1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shak.
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2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
arranged in an orderly manner.
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Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W.
Irving.
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3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
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4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
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The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
--Macaulay.
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5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other
vegetables are stored for protection against frost; --
called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.]
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6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An
ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
--Halliwell.
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Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto
a small space for easy transportation.
camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics
or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at
the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the
plane surface of the upper ceiling.
Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly
for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made
of strips or pieces of carpet.
Camp fever, typhus fever.
Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a
sutler, servant, etc.
Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching,
held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present
lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool
has no back.
Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for
rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow.
To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp.
To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
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Class meeting
(gcide) | Class \Class\ (kl[.a]s), n. [F. classe, fr. L. classis class,
collection, fleet; akin to Gr. klh^sis a calling, kalei^n to
call, E. claim, haul.]
1. A group of individuals ranked together as possessing
common characteristics; as, the different classes of
society; the educated class; the lower classes.
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2. A number of students in a school or college, of the same
standing, or pursuing the same studies.
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3. A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects,
grouped together on account of their common
characteristics, in any classification in natural science,
and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
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4. A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
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She had lost one class energies. --Macaulay.
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5. (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church
or congregation is divided, and which is under the
supervision of a class leader.
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6. One session of formal instruction in which one or more
teachers instruct a group on some subject. The class may
be one of a course of classes, or a single special
session.
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7. A high degree of elegance, in dress or behavior; the
quality of bearing oneself with dignity, grace, and social
adeptness.
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Class of a curve (Math.), the kind of a curve as expressed
by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point
to the curve. A circle is of the second class.
Class meeting (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class
under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and
relegious instruction.
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Conference meeting
(gcide) | Conference \Con"fer*ence\, n. [F. conf['e]rence. See Confer.]
1. The act of comparing two or more things together;
comparison. [Obs.]
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Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual
conference of all men's collections and observations
may afford. --Hocker.
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2. The act of consulting together formally; serious
conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
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Nor with such free and friendly conference
As he hath used of old. --Shak.
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3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange
of opinions.
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4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their
committees, to adjust between them.
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5. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and
others, invested with authority to take cognizance of
ecclesiastical matters.
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6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a
district; the district in which such churches are.
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Conference meeting, a meeting for conference. Specifically,
a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference
and prayer. [U. S.]
Conference room, a room for conference and prayer, and for
the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.]
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go-to-meeting
(gcide) | go-to-meeting \go-to-meeting\ adj.
best-looking; -- used of clothing; as, her
Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. [prenominal]
Syn: good, Sunday, Sunday-best, Sunday-(prenominal).
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Joint meeting
(gcide) | Joint \Joint\ (joint), a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See Join.]
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1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
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2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
produced by two or more working together.
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I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook.
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3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others;
not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with
an associate, or with associates; acting together; as,
joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint
debtor, etc. "Joint tenants of the world." --Donne.
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4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
joint property; a joint bond.
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A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak.
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Joint committee (Parliamentary Practice), a committee
composed of members of the two houses of a legislative
body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing.
Joint meeting, or Joint session, the meeting or session
of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of
committees representing different corporations; a joint
session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a
United States senator. "Such joint meeting shall not be
dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and
the result declared." --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.
Joint resolution (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution
adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative
body. "By the constitution of the United States and the
rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made
between bills and joint resolutions." --Barclay (Digest).
Joint rule (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding
adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a
legislative assembly. "Resolved, by the House of
Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the
sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the
remainder of the session." --Journal H. of R., U. S.
Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt,
credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held
in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged
both together and individually thus a joint and several
debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together
or either of them individually; used especially in the
phrase joint and several liability.
Joint stock, stock held in company.
Joint-stock company (Law), a species of partnership,
consisting generally of a large number of members, having
a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares,
the shares owned by any member being usually transferable
without the consent of the rest.
Joint tenancy (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of
estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession,
under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone.
Joint tenant (Law), one who holds an estate by joint
tenancy. Contrassted with tenant in common.
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Mass meeting
(gcide) | Mass \Mass\, n. [OE. masse, F. masse, L. massa; akin to Gr. ? a
barley cake, fr. ? to knead. Cf. Macerate.]
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1. A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one
body, or an aggregation of particles or things which
collectively make one body or quantity, usually of
considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or
water.
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If it were not for these principles, the bodies of
the earth, planets, comets, sun, and all things in
them, would grow cold and freeze, and become
inactive masses. --Sir I.
Newton.
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A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred
To rage. --Savile.
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2. (Phar.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive,
homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making
pills; as, blue mass.
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3. A large quantity; a sum.
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All the mass of gold that comes into Spain. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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He had spent a huge mass of treasure. --Sir J.
Davies.
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4. Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
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This army of such mass and charge. --Shak.
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5. The principal part; the main body.
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Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of
the fugitives in their escape. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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6. (Physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains,
irrespective of its bulk or volume.
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Note: Mass and weight are often used, in a general way, as
interchangeable terms, since the weight of a body is
proportional to its mass (under the same or equal
gravitative forces), and the mass is usually
ascertained from the weight. Yet the two ideas, mass
and weight, are quite distinct. Mass is the quantity of
matter in a body; weight is the comparative force with
which it tends towards the center of the earth. A mass
of sugar and a mass of lead are assumed to be equal
when they show an equal weight by balancing each other
in the scales.
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Blue mass. See under Blue.
Mass center (Geom.), the center of gravity of a triangle.
Mass copper, native copper in a large mass.
Mass meeting, a large or general assembly of people,
usually a meeting having some relation to politics.
The masses, the great body of the people, as contrasted
with the higher classes; the populace.
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Meeting
(gcide) | Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr.
& vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel.
maeta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.]
1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact
with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon
or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact
by following and overtaking.
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2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to
encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated
them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
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3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come
close to; to intercept; to come within the perception,
influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a
junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to
meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.
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His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi.
34.
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4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal
acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye
met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
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Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
--Pope.
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5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to
satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the
supply meets the demand.
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To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance
between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to
yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect
a compromise or reconciliation with.
[1913 Webster]Meeting \Meet"ing\ (m[=e]t"[i^]ng), n.
1. A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of
Congress.
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2. A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the
roads or of two rivers.
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3. A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as,
a large meeting; an harmonious meeting.
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4. An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday;
-- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to
the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.
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Syn: Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation;
junction; confluence; union.
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Meetinghouse
(gcide) | Meetinghouse \Meet"ing*house`\, n.
A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England,
applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.
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Merrymeeting
(gcide) | Merrymeeting \Mer"ry*meet`ing\, n.
A meeting for mirth.
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Overflow meeting
(gcide) | Overflow \O"ver*flow`\, n.
1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
--Bacon.
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2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a
superabundance. --Shak.
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3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
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Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or
overflow of another audience.
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Praise-meeting
(gcide) | Praise-meeting \Praise"-meet`*ing\, n.
A religious service mainly in song. [Local, U. S.]
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Prayer meeting
(gcide) | Prayer \Prayer\ (?; 277), n. [OE. preiere, OF. preiere, F.
pri[`e]re, fr. L. precarius obtained by prayer, fr. precari
to pray. See Pray, v. i.]
1. The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request
or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a
court or a legislative body. "Their meek preyere."
--Chaucer
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2. The act of addressing supplication to a divinity,
especially to the true God; the offering of adoration,
confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme
Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer.
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As he is famed for mildness, peace, and prayer.
--Shak.
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3. The form of words used in praying; a formula of
supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a
supplication addressed to God; as, a written or
extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers.
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He made those excellent prayers which were published
immediately after his death. --Bp. Fell.
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Prayer book, a book containing devotional prayers.
Prayer meeting, a meeting or gathering for prayer to God.
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Syn: Petition; orison; supplication; entreaty; suit.
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Primary meeting
(gcide) | Primary \Pri"ma*ry\, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
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The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
--Bp. Pearson.
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These I call original, or primary, qualities of
body. --Locke.
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2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
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3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
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4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
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5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
some quality or property in the first degree; having
undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
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Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
carbon atoms; -- distinguished from {secondary & tertiary
alcohols}.
Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.
Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
supervene.
Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
cluster of flowers.
Primary colors. See under Color.
Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
See Caucus.
Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
inseparable from them.
Primary quills (Zool.), the largest feathers of the wing of
a bird; primaries.
Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
to have been first formed, being crystalline and
containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
-- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
a base or basic radical.
Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
including the period from the development of the original
lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
indicative of general constitutional infection.
Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
the first intention.
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Protracted meeting
(gcide) | Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a.
Prolonged; continued.
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Protracted meeting,a religious meeting continued for many
successive days. [U. S.]
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Pro*tract"ed*ness, n.
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Town meeting
(gcide) | Town \Town\ (toun), n. [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence,
village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge,
fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house,
Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf. Down, adv. & prep.,
Dune, tine to inclose.]
1. Formerly:
(a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or
dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.]
(b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
[Obs.]
(c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
[Obs.] --Palsgrave.
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2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a
regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a
bishop. [Eng.] --Johnson.
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3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not
incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely
populated place, whether incorporated or not, in
distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
--Cowper.
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4. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town
voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the
town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
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5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits,
less than those of a country. [U. S.]
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6. The court end of London; -- commonly with the.
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7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the
gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
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Always hankering after the diversions of the town.
--Addison.
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Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. --Pope.
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Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other
populous towns.
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8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
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Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with
other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier,
or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall;
townhouse, town house, or town-house.
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Syn: Village; hamlet. See Village.
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Town clerk, an office who keeps the records of a town, and
enters its official proceedings. See Clerk.
Town cress (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. --Dr.
Prior.
Town house.
(a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the
country.
(b) See Townhouse.
Town meeting, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town
entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness.
[U. S.]
Town talk, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic
of common conversation.
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Vestry meeting
(gcide) | Vestry \Ves"try\, n.; pl. Vestries. [OE. vestrye, F.
vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to
clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See Vest, n., and cf.
Vestiary.]
1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal
vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and
where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a
sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.
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He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring
forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. --2
Kings x. 22.
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2. (Ch. of Eng.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons
who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually
held in a vestry.
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3. (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A body, composed of wardens and
vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its
temporal concerns.
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Metropolitan vestry, in the city of London, and certain
specified parishes and places in England, a body composed
of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the
repair of churches, care of highways, the appointment of
certain officers, etc.
Select vestry, a select number of persons chosen in large
and populous English parishes to represent and manage the
concerns of the parish for one year. --Mozley & W.
Vestry board (Ch. of Eng.), a vestry. See def. 2, above.
Vestry clerk, an officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps a
record of its proceedings; also, in England, one who keeps
the parish accounts and books.
Vestry meeting, the meeting of a vestry or vestry board;
also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other
place.
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Watch meeting
(gcide) | Watch meeting \Watch meeting\
A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
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board meeting
(wn) | board meeting
n 1: a meeting for administrative purposes [syn: {board
meeting}, committee meeting] |
camp meeting
(wn) | camp meeting
n 1: religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large
tent or outdoors and lasting several days |
committee meeting
(wn) | committee meeting
n 1: a meeting for administrative purposes [syn: {board
meeting}, committee meeting] |
go-to-meeting
(wn) | go-to-meeting
adj 1: used of clothing; "my good clothes"; "her Sunday-go-to-
meeting clothes" [syn: go-to-meeting(a), {Sunday-go-to-
meeting(a)}] |
group meeting
(wn) | group meeting
n 1: a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will
be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" [syn:
meeting, group meeting] |
lunch meeting
(wn) | lunch meeting
n 1: a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while
eating [syn: luncheon meeting, lunch meeting] |
luncheon meeting
(wn) | luncheon meeting
n 1: a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while
eating [syn: luncheon meeting, lunch meeting] |
mass meeting
(wn) | mass meeting
n 1: a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
[syn: rally, mass meeting] |
meeting house
(wn) | meeting house
n 1: columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red
flowers [syn: meeting house, honeysuckle, {Aquilegia
canadensis}] |
meeting of minds
(wn) | meeting of minds
n 1: a state of cooperation [syn: concurrence, {meeting of
minds}] |
meeting place
(wn) | meeting place
n 1: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn:
forum, assembly, meeting place] |
meetinghouse
(wn) | meetinghouse
n 1: a building for religious assembly (especially
Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) [syn: conventicle,
meetinghouse] |
prayer meeting
(wn) | prayer meeting
n 1: a service at which people sing hymns and pray together
[syn: prayer meeting, prayer service] |
race meeting
(wn) | race meeting
n 1: a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are
held on the same track; "the Epsom race meeting was an
important social event" |
revival meeting
(wn) | revival meeting
n 1: an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in
religion [syn: revival, revival meeting] |
sense of the meeting
(wn) | sense of the meeting
n 1: general agreement reached by an assembled group; "no vote
was taken, but after each discussion the chair summed up
the sense of the meeting" |
sports meeting
(wn) | sports meeting
n 1: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
[syn: meet, sports meeting] |
stockholders meeting
(wn) | stockholders meeting
n 1: a meeting at which the management reports to the
stockholders of a company |
summit meeting
(wn) | summit meeting
n 1: a meeting of heads of governments [syn: summit, {summit
meeting}] |
sunday-go-to-meeting
(wn) | sunday-go-to-meeting
adj 1: used of clothing; "my good clothes"; "her Sunday-go-to-
meeting clothes" [syn: go-to-meeting(a), {Sunday-go-to-
meeting(a)}] |
town meeting
(wn) | town meeting
n 1: government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters
2: a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
electronic meeting
(foldoc) | electronic meeting
The use of a network of personal computers to
improve communication that takes place in a meeting. Electronic
meetings are effective with as few as two participants and with
over 100 participants. Participants can be face-to-face in a
meeting room or distributed around the world. They may all be
participating at the same time or different times.
{Getting Results from Electronic Meetings
(http://emsl.co.uk/)}.
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FAMILY MEETINGS
(bouvier) | FAMILY MEETINGS. Family councils, or family meetings in Louisiana, are
meetings of at least five relations, or in default of relations of minors or
other persons on whose interest they are called upon to deliberate, then of
the friends of such minors or other persons.
2. The appointment of the members of the family meeting is made by, the
judge. The relations or friends must be selected from among those
domiciliated in the parish in which the meeting is held; the relations are
selected according to their proximity, beginning with the nearest. The
relation is preferred to the connexion in the same degree, and among
relations of the same degree, the eldest is preferred. The under tutor must
also be present. 6 N. S. 455.
3. The family meeting is held before a justice of the peace, or notary
public, appointed by the judge for the purpose. It is called for a fixed day
and hour, by citations delivered at least three days before the day
appointed for the purpose.'
4. The members of the family meeting, before commencing their
deliberations, take an oath before the officer before whom the meeting is
held,, to give their advice according to the best of their knowledge,
touching the interests of the person on whom they are called upon to
deliberate. The officer before whom the family meeting is held, must make a
particular process-verbal of the deliberations, cause the members of the
family meeting to sign it, if they know how to sign, he must sign it
himself, and deliver a copy to the parties that they may have it
homologated. Civil Code of Louis. B. 1, tit. 8, c. 1, s. 6, art. 305 to 311;
Code Civ. B. 1, tit. 10, c. 2, A. 4.
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