revival meeting
noun
: a meeting or series of meetings led by a preacher to make people interested in a Christian religion
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The atmosphere was part revival meeting, part fund-raiser, and part family reunion.
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
The solution was the revival meeting, which might last days or weeks, a spiritual fermata, a Béla Tarr film like no other, in which attendees would not be outwardly coerced but would self-coerce under the influence of collective prayer that went on and on.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
At Calabash, the combination of sun, sea and literature proves a heady, intoxicating mix — part literary party and part revival meeting.
—Anderson Tepper, New York Times, 8 June 2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert to notify doctors and health officials that a person who contracted measles attended the Asbury revival meeting in Kentucky last month.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2023
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
The solution was the revival meeting, which might last days or weeks, a spiritual fermata, a Béla Tarr film like no other, in which attendees would not be outwardly coerced but would self-coerce under the influence of collective prayer that went on and on.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
At Calabash, the combination of sun, sea and literature proves a heady, intoxicating mix — part literary party and part revival meeting.
—Anderson Tepper, New York Times, 8 June 2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert to notify doctors and health officials that a person who contracted measles attended the Asbury revival meeting in Kentucky last month.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2023
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“Revival meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revival%20meeting. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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