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Webster 1913 Edition


Meeting

Meet′ing

(mēt′ĭng)
,
Noun.
1.
A coming together; an assembling;
as, the
meeting
of Congress
.
2.
A junction, crossing, or union;
as, the
meeting
of the roads or of two rivers
.
3.
A congregation; a collection of people; a convention;
as, a large
meeting
; an harmonious
meeting
.
4.
An assembly for worship;
as, to attend
meeting
on Sunday
; – in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.
Syn. – Conference; assembly; company; convention; congregation; junction; confluence; union.

Webster 1828 Edition


Meeting

MEE'TING

,
ppr.
Coming together; encountering; joining; assembling.

MEE'TING

,
Noun.
A coming together; an interview; as a happy meeting of friends.
1.
An assembly; a congregation; a collection of people; a convention. The meeting was numerous; the meeting was clamorous; the meeting was dissolved at sunset.
2.
A conflux, as of rivers; a joining, as of lines.