sabbath-day house
noun
often capitalized S
: a house formerly built (as in colonial Connecticut) near a church and heated on winter Sundays as a place for worshipers living at a distance to warm themselves and eat between morning and afternoon services in an unheated church
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“Sabbath-day house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sabbath-day%20house. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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