dorcas society

  • 1Dorcas Society — A Dorcas Society is a local group of people, usually based in a church, with a mission of providing clothing to the poor. The original society was founded in Douglas, Isle of Man on December 1, 1834, as part of the community s thanksgiving for… …

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  • 2Dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor. [1825 35; named after DORCAS] * * * …

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  • 3Dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor. [1825 35; named after DORCAS] …

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  • 4DORCAS SOCIETY —    a society for making clothing for the poor. See Acts ix. 39 …

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  • 5Dorcas society — /ˈdɔkəs səsaɪəti/ (say dawkuhs suhsuyuhtee) noun a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor …

  • 6Dorcas (disambiguation) — Dorcas may refer to: The biblical name Dorcas and the biblical character by this name The dorcas gazelle, a species of small antelope A shepherdess in William Shakespeare s play The Winter s Tale Dorcas Lane the postmistress in Lark Rise to… …

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  • 7Dorcas — fem. proper name, from Gk. dorkas gazelle, deer. Dorcas Society ladies meeting to make clothes for the poor (1832) is from Acts ix:36 41 …

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  • 8Kate Douglas Wiggin — Born Kate Douglas Smith September 28, 1856(1856 09 28) Philadelphia …

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  • 9Polari — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Polari Hablado en Reino Unido Hablantes no estimado, sólo como 2ª lengua Familia basado en el inglés, algunas lenguas romances y el romaní …

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  • 10Young Harris College — Motto Hic iuventus incenditur(Latin) Motto in English Here Youth is Inspired Established 1886 …

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