meetin'-house

Slaves sot way back in de meetin'-house or up in a gallery, but us could hear dem good old sermons, and dem days dey preached some mighty powerful ones.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

The meetin'-house was fixed up more than they were years ago.

Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various

I could handle a whole meetin'-house full ob sech as dem. '

The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

'By --!' cried the native, reining his horse to a dead stop, and speaking in an excited manner; 'I doan't b'lieve it,' taint 't all like ye; yer a d-- d seceshener -- thet comes uv yer bringin'-up; but ye've a soul bigger'n a meetin'-house, and ye cudn't hev put thet slim, weakly gal inter th 'woods, no how!'

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

"He might fence in the meetin'-house with 'Old Hundred, '" suggested

The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Various

Thar's a meetin'-house down near us that we go to sometimes.

Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Belle Kanaris Maniates

When talk come 'round 'bout havin' separate churches for slaves, our white folkses give us deir old meetin'-house and built deyselfs a new one, but for a long time atter dat it warn't nothin 'to see white folkses visitin' our meetin's, cause dey wanted to help us git started off right.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

"That there's our meetin'-house," he said, but its whitewash and green blinds did not seem to excite the travellers 'admiration.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

The meetin'-house is full, for everybody goes to meetin '

Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918

"I let you do the callin '; and, besides, you know you never could hit nothin' that wasn't as big as the side of a meetin'-house."

Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918