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meeting house

[mee-ting hous] / ˈmi tɪŋ ˌhaʊs /


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For months, activists have been demanding more support from city leadership, explained Elias Siegelman, an activist who works with No ICE Philly, which meets in the quintessentially Pennsylvanian location of a Quaker meeting house.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

The meeting house grows progressively more dilapidated, and the costumes get shabbier, indicating that things aren’t going well for the Puritans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The chimney was located atop a former Boy Scouts meeting house currently used as public works department storage, according to Salcedo.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

The arrest of six Youth Demand supporters at a Quaker meeting house has been condemned by the faith group as an "aggressive violation".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Two men Cora’s age joined the lessons in the meeting house, eager runaways more ignorant than she was.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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