prayer meeting
noun
: a usually informal gathering for worship and prayer
especially
: a Protestant worship service usually held on a week night
called also prayer service
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The family attended sabbath services, prayer meetings, and group dinners where Stair would go on hours-long diatribes.
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
In reality, this coach was holding overt post-game prayer meetings on the 50-yard line, ones that an atheist player felt compelled to attend to keep off the bench.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 10 July 2024
Then, at a 2007 prayer meeting, the spirit moved Trewhella to do more.
—ProPublica, 10 July 2024
Many of the scores killed had fallen into an open sewer near a large prayer meeting, known as a satsang, in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 3 July 2024
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
In reality, this coach was holding overt post-game prayer meetings on the 50-yard line, ones that an atheist player felt compelled to attend to keep off the bench.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 10 July 2024
Then, at a 2007 prayer meeting, the spirit moved Trewhella to do more.
—ProPublica, 10 July 2024
Many of the scores killed had fallen into an open sewer near a large prayer meeting, known as a satsang, in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 3 July 2024
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“Prayer meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prayer%20meeting. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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