close-communion

I. was too much for an orthodox, close-communion, hard-shell Republican like Martin I. Townsend!

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Y'all Baptist carry dis close-communion business too far.

The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts Langston Hughes 1934

Old Silas Pratt, who was secretary-treasurer, and his daughter who was the organist, were close-communion Baptists, and there were several Anglicans who taught classes.

'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

Then the fellows who were running things in both houses were told to get together on the close-communion basis and be ready to take care of all business bearing the consolidation tag that came along.

Tattlings of a Retired Politician 1904

By this time I had become resigned to this close-communion hospitality and must have slept soundly.

A Circuit Rider's Wife Corra Harris 1902

The close-communion clergyman handles the arch-heretic as tenderly as if he were the nursing mother of a new infant Messiah.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Holmes, Oliver W 1891

The close-communion clergyman handles the arch-heretic as tenderly as if he were the nursing mother of a new infant Messiah.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851