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Unprecedented gatherings of thousands of people attended camp meetings where they came to experience salvation ; preaching was fiery and focused on saving the sinner from temptation and backsliding.

That is to say, the mass meeting of all citizens lost some ground to gatherings of a thousand or so which were under oath, and with more time to focus on just one matter ( though never more than a day ).

The core of the CHOGM are the executive sessions, which are the formal gatherings of the heads of government to do business.

Women are typically not eligible to teach in formal gatherings of the ecclesia when male believers are present, and do not sit on the main ecclesial arranging ( organising ) committees.

Her personal letters to leaders of the Revolution influenced policy ; in addition, she often hosted political gatherings of the Brissotins, a political group which allowed women to join.

" Subsequent gatherings of the Pythons have included an urn said to contain Chapman's ashes.

Strmiska notes that Hecate, conflated with the figure of Diana, appears in late antiquity and in the early medieval period as part of an " emerging legend complex " associated with gatherings of women, the moon, and witchcraft that eventually became established " in the area of Northern Italy, southern Germany, and the western Balkans.

Imperial Conferences ( Colonial Conferences before 1911 ) were periodic gatherings of government leaders from the self-governing colonies and dominions of the British Empire between 1887 and 1937, before the establishment of regular Meetings of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in 1944.

Istanbul alone had more than 250 tekkes as well as small centers for gatherings of various fraternities ; this law dissolved the Sufi Orders, prohibited the use of mystical names, titles and costumes pertaining to their titles, impounded the Orders ' assets, and banned their ceremonies and meetings.

The Coptic Synaxarium states that St. John the Evangelist lived over 90 years, and they used to carry him to the gatherings of the believers.

Strictly speaking kokwet refers to the occasional gatherings of homestead heads and junior men to make group decisions, settle local disputes, reprimand wrong-doers, celebrate communal work harvests, and so on.

It is considered one of the world's largest gatherings of people.

Happenings were mysterious and often spontaneous and unscripted gatherings of artists and their friends and relatives in various specified locations, often incorporating exercises in absurdity, physicality, costuming, spontaneous nudity, and various random or seemingly disconnected acts.

During the course of early gatherings of his close circle and followers, Meher Baba gave discourses on various spiritual subjects.

This allowed him to participate in gatherings of the Inklings with Lewis and Tolkien.

While in Germany, he travelled to all regions, attended Katholikentag ( national gatherings of the faithful ), and delivered some 50 sermons and speeches to the German people.

Others have suggested that word comes from the term (" the people of the bench "), who were a group of impoverished companions of Muhammad who held regular gatherings of

Ronald Hutton criticizes this conclusion as unfounded ; he argues that the assembly of royalty and warriors on Samhain may simply present an ideal setting for the exposition of such tales in the same way that many tales of Arthurian Romance are set at courtly gatherings of Christmas or Pentecost.

During the Intermediate days of Sukkot, gatherings of music and dance, known as Simchat Beit HaShoeivah, take place.

The end of Ramadan fasting is celebrated with special prayers, gatherings of family and friends, and specially prepared meals.

Oral transmissions by lineage holders traditionally can take place in small groups or mass gatherings of listeners and may last for seconds ( in the case of a mantra, for example ) or months ( as in the case of a section of the canon ).

During the Russian Civil War, he hosted gatherings of the young intellectuals who later founded the émigré Eurasianism movement.

The game was very popular at gatherings of Atari ST users until the end of the Atari ST era, circa 1993.

The oldest English clubs were merely informal periodic gatherings of friends for the purpose of dining or drinking together.

One of the most comprehensive gatherings of information about the poem and its meaning is The Annotated Snark by Martin Gardner.