| 单词 | noon-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnoon-house noon-house n. U.S. (now historical and rare) a building attached to a meeting house, used for eating and resting between church services. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house used for other specific purpose mourning house1535 pleasure house1590 meeting house1656 molly-house1728 noon-house1845 maneaba1944 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xiv. 110 Several elderly men and women went to what was called a ‘Noon House’, a small building..where they ate dinner and had a prayer. 1891 A. M. Earle Sabbath in Puritan New Eng. 102 The ‘noon-house’, or ‘Sabba-day house’..was a place of refuge in the winter time, at the noon interval between two services. 1931 A. Train Puritan's Progress vii. 122 Out of the ‘noon-house’, where in many places it was customary to read additional sermons between the services, developed the modern Sunday school. < as lemmas |
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