What is "meetinghouses"

Usage examples of "meetinghouses".

Not only did many of them disapprove of rendering aid to fugitives but they also objected to the use of the meetinghouses for anti-slavery lectures.

After the adoption of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the passing of the Whig party, these differences disappeared, the separate organization was disbanded, and all Friends' meetinghouses became "liberty halls.

With numerous denominations to choose from (everything except Congregational), he tried nearly all—the Anglican Christ Church, the meetinghouses of the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Quakers, the German Moravians—and passed judgment on them all, both their music and the comparative quality of their preaching.

With numerous denominations to choose from (everything except Congregational), he tried nearly all--the Anglican Christ Church, the meetinghouses of the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Quakers, the German Moravians--and passed judgment on them all, both their music and the comparative quality of their preaching.

Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, there were more meetinghouses than ever on the island, yet the total number of Quak­ers on Nantucket dwindled with each passing year.