meet in ger (metinger)

[Also dial. meet iner, meetner; The Meet in ger keeps himself posted up with the last clerical escapade, and fires it off at us when he gets a chance. Nineteenth Century , XXII. 265. A house of meeting-house (me'ting-hous), n. worship: specifically employed by Friends to designate their houses of worship, in England by members of the established church to designate the houses of worship of di enters, and in the United States, chiefly in the country, as a designation of any house for worship. The meeting - house was much enlarged, and there was a fresh enquiry among many people after the truth. Penn, Travels in Holland, etc. His heart misgave him that the churches were so many meeting-houses, but I soon made him easy. Add is on . In the old days it would have been thought unphilosophic as well as effeminate to warm the meeting -houses artificially. C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 27.