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meeting collapse: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"; a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"; a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"; a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"

uncharitable collapse: lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade

missal collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year

advisory collapse: an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat; "a frost advisory"; giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative"

town meeting collapse: government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters; a meeting of the inhabitants of a town

prayer collapse: the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer"; a fixed text used in praying; reverent petition to a deity; someone who prays to God

Mass collapse: (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist; the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field; a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"; a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"; an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people); a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"; join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"

padrone collapse: an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.; an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy

separative collapse: (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; "whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative"; used of an accent in Hebrew orthography; indicates that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it

Sunday collapse: United States evangelist (1862-1935); first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians; spend Sunday; "We sundayed in the country"

ecclesiastical collapse: of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history"

sleigh bell collapse: bell attached to a sleigh, or to harness of horse pulling a sleigh

doorbell collapse: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

restrictive collapse: (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports; serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

quorum collapse: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

prohibitive collapse: tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"

narrow gauge collapse: a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches

opener collapse: a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans); the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees"

selective collapse: tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown; characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the school was very selective in its admissions"

steering committee collapse: a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body

Torah collapse: (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services; the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit; the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition

ungenerous collapse: lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"

temple collapse: place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity; an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes; the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"

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