The Collaborative International Dictionary
Woman's Christian Temperance Union \Woman's Christian Temperance Union\ An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work. It is also known as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and by its acronym WCTU or W.C.T.U.. It was one of the political forces leading to passage of the constitutional amendment, later repealed, which prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Usage examples of "women's christian temperance union".
Early in the twentieth century the Women's Christian Temperance Union would roll the Temperance Wagon into town, decrying the evils of alcohol and calling on offenders to give it up and get on the wagon.
Sam, Ralph's constant companion (and now a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union), had disappeared.