watch meeting

American  

noun

1. a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.

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Etymology

Origin of watch meeting

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

We gotta do something to amuse ourselves, and I never had a traveling gentleman yet conduct me to a watch meeting.

From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth

Another service very dear to the members of Grace Baptist Church is watch meeting.

From Russell H. Conwell by Burr, Agnes Rush

This has been a good day all around, after our midnight watch meeting, when seven of the eight persons present took a part, and we sang many songs with the organ.

From A Woman who went to Alaska by Sullivan, May Kellogg

If I knew what I do now I would have sprung a laugh and told him if he wanted my fair young heart he would have to show me more excitement than a watch meeting.

From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth