camp meeting

a religious gathering held in a tent or in the open air.

Origin of camp meeting

First recorded in 1790–1800

If he had not been in public life, he would have been a camp-meeting exhorter.

The Plum Tree |David Graham Phillips
Tell the jury whether you were at the Timber Creek camp-meeting on the 9th of August.

The Graysons |Edward Eggleston
He wanted to ask her to go with him down to Cedarville to the Methodist camp-meeting, but he knew it was impossible.

Other Main-Travelled Roads |Hamlin Garland
As Grinnell talked, he often paused in his work to imitate the gesticulatory enthusiasms of the saints at the camp-meeting.

The Riddle Of The Rocks |Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)

Ever since the old Coyote Valley camp-meeting a new friendship, a new happiness, had come into her life.

The Transformation of Job |Frederick Vining Fisher

camp meeting

mainly US a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days