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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37716" /> == | |||
<p> "a name given to an association of ladies who collect and dispose of garments with the benevolent object of giving aid to necessitous families. Sometimes the ladies connected with a congregation unite to form a [[Dorcas]] society, in order to afford employment to poor needlewomen. Societies of this kind are so called from what is recorded in Acts 9:39 : ‘ And all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.'" </p> | <p> "a name given to an association of ladies who collect and dispose of garments with the benevolent object of giving aid to necessitous families. [[Sometimes]] the ladies connected with a congregation unite to form a [[Dorcas]] society, in order to afford employment to poor needlewomen. [[Societies]] of this kind are so called from what is recorded in Acts 9:39 : ‘ And all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.'" </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72294" /> == | |||
<p> A society for making clothing for the poor. [[See]] Acts ix. 39. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_37716"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dorcas+society Dorcas Society from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_37716"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dorcas+society Dorcas Society from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_72294"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/dorcas+society Dorcas Society from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 21:06, 11 October 2021
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
"a name given to an association of ladies who collect and dispose of garments with the benevolent object of giving aid to necessitous families. Sometimes the ladies connected with a congregation unite to form a Dorcas society, in order to afford employment to poor needlewomen. Societies of this kind are so called from what is recorded in Acts 9:39 : ‘ And all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.'"
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A society for making clothing for the poor. See Acts ix. 39.
