monthly meeting

[ muhnth-lee mee-ting ]

noun

1. Often Month·ly Meet·ing. the governing body of local Quaker congregations that meets monthly to discuss criteria for membership, endorsement of marriages, and other spiritually guided administrative responsibilities:

   Quaker leadership envisions the monthly meeting as complementary to the family. The South River Monthly Meeting was formed in 1757.

Word History and Origins

Origin of monthly meeting¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

The night before early voting started Thursday, Democrats were not in frenetic campaign mode when they met for their monthly meeting at Newland Town Hall.

From Los Angeles Times

The board’s monthly meeting last month might have otherwise been most memorable for the environmental clearances for the first segment of the Southeast Gateway Line, a 14.5-mile light rail line through the heart of the southeast county.

From Los Angeles Times

This was the 21st such monthly meeting of the group since it was formed two years ago at a U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, and the first to be held since President Biden signed a long-stalled foreign aid package that includes $60.8 billion for Ukraine.

From New York Times

Earlier this afternoon, the King attended the monthly meeting of the Privy Council, a body of advisers to the monarch, mostly made up of senior politicians from the House of Commons and House of Lords.

From BBC

At their monthly meeting last Thursday, counselors in Pasadena Unified described a cascade of problems.

From Los Angeles Times