used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
CreeknounUS /kriːk/
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
flocknounUS /flɑːk/
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
hamletnounUS /ˈhæmlət/
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading One of these was held at the wooden school-house of the little hamlet of Queenston.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading One of these was held at the wooden school-house of the little hamlet of Queenston.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
the act of retaining something
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
Holms
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From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading One of these was held at the wooden school-house of the little hamlet of Queenston.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading THE PROTRACTED MEETING.
meetingsnounUS /ˈmiːtɪŋz/
plural of “meeting” — a formally arranged gathering
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
Neville
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From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
one-tenthnoun
a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
PROTRACTEDadjectiveUS /proʊˈtræktɪd/
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading THE PROTRACTED MEETING.
QuarterlyadjectiveUS /ˈkwɔːrtərli/
of or relating to or consisting of a quarter
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
Queenston
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From this reading One of these was held at the wooden school-house of the little hamlet of Queenston.
Ryan
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From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
school-house
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From this reading One of these was held at the wooden school-house of the little hamlet of Queenston.
seriesnounUS /ˈsɪriz/
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
settlementsnounUS /ˈsetəlmənts/
plural of “settlement” — a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PROTRACTED MEETING.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading One of these was held at the wooden school-house of the little hamlet of Queenston.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
travelledadjectiveUS /ˈtrævəld/
familiar with many parts of the world
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
welfarenounUS /ˈwelfer/
governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
From this reading One of his plans for the spiritual welfare of his scattered flock, was the holding of a series of protracted meetings at the various settlements.
in or at the place that
From this reading The day after the Quarterly Meeting, Elder Ryan drove to his home if home it could be called, where he spent not one-tenth part of his time--at the Twenty Mile Creek.
which person or people
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Neville who travelled thus far with him, thought nothing of the twenty miles walk to the Holms, where he had left his horse.
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading One of these was held at the wooden school-house of the little hamlet of Queenston.
