Dorcas society

noun

a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for people in need.

Dorcas society

a Christian charitable society for women with the aim of providing clothes for the poor

First recorded in 1825–35; named after Dorcas

A Dorcas Society is kept up by a few ladies; and collections are made annually for foreign missions and other objects.

Here comes a group of little barefoot children to the door of the Dorcas Society.

The lady receives at ten a young missionary and three members of the Dorcas Society.

One would think you were at a Dorcas Society, I said, getting rattled.

Thank you so much for the flannel for the Dorcas Society, and also for the gingham.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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