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ˈfield-ˌmeeting
[f. field n. + meeting.]
†1. A hostile meeting in the open air; a duel.
1603H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 14 Whose hot bloud..cannot be cooled without reuenge and field-meetings.
2. A religious meeting in the open air. Hist.
1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V lvii, The first Sts..Had such feild-meetings. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xv, He..had been present at a field-meeting at Crochmade. 1882J. Taylor Sc. Covenanters 72 The bishops sought..to deter the people from frequenting the field-meetings.
Hence field-ˈmeeter, one who attends or frequents field-meetings (sense 2).
1680Hickeringill Meroz 29 No Thanks..to the Conventiclers and Field-meeters, they show'd their good Will. |