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camp meeting

n.
An evangelistic gathering held in a tent or outdoors and often lasting several days.
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camp meeting

n
(Christian Churches, other) chiefly US a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
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camp′ meet`ing


n.
a religious gathering held in a tent or in the open air.
[1790–1800]
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Noun1.camp meeting - religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several dayscamp meeting - religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days
group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
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But when we drew near, we saw that the goggles were nothing but a camp meeting of flies assembled around each of the child's eyes, and at the same time there was a detachment prospecting its nose.
He shifted the tune on into "Georgia Camp Meeting." But Michael was obdurate.
Kwabena Annor-Boafo, a former President of the South Central Ghana Conference of the SDA Church, said this during the Camp Meeting Service of the Amakom District of the SDA, headed by Pastor Adade Boateng, at the weekend.
"The development will bring an architectural anchor to the north of Ocean Grove," said Michael Badger, President of Ocean Grove's Camp Meeting Association, which owns the land in Ocean Grove.
Known as the Camp Meeting, this annual event serves as an outreach ministry that brings together the congregation-and welcomes visitors with open arms-for 10 days of fellowship, worship services, singing, prayer groups, and other activities.
"One unique feature of the sale was that the ground is owned by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist and Episcopal Church, which owns all of the ground in the entire city," said Mark Myers, IPA executive managing director.
The third symphony The Camp Meeting (1904) is a genial musical collage of hymn tunes and folk songs while Orchestral Set No.2 (1919) similarly uses songs by Stephen Foster but ends on a solemn hymn to mark the sinking of the Lusitania.
The efforts for a truce picked up momentum immediately after Kejriwal's return from Bengaluru with senior leaders from the Kejriwal camp meeting Yadav late on Monday and holding long discussions over several contentious issues.
But Bartomeu and Barcelona still refuse to discuss their interest in signing Liverpool's top scorer despite a delegation from the Nou Camp meeting Reds chief executive Ian Ayre in London yesterday to talk about a potential deal.
The ministry contributed EGP 25,000; however, the camp requires EGP 70,000 to provide the residence, equipment, and field visits that are essential for the camp meeting its objectives.
Corey Bernstein, 17, wrote to the outspoken actor to invite him to discuss their opposing views at (http://www.gardenstateequality.org/) Garden State Equality's Youth Caucus because Cameron would already be in New Jersey this weekend for an appearance before the (http://oceangrove.org/) Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association .