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Dorcas society

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Dorcas society
n
(Social Welfare) a Christian charitable society for women with the aim of providing clothes for the poor
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"At the next meeting of the Dorcas Society, of which I am an unworthy member," continued Maria, without listening to his remonstrance.
Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
I propose to join the Dorcas Society, and I mean to make the clergyman's wife bow to me next.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
said Fan, who was president of this energetic Dorcas Society.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
 
 
 
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