religious convention

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Then there are his gnomic utterances and the annual religious convention, the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, where Jobs regularly turns up to lay hands on his devotees.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2011

Ordinarily as liberal as any U. S. churchmen, the Unitarians voted down the resolution after many a delegate had argued that Labor was not a proper concern of a religious convention.

From Time Magazine Archive

There we had a religious convention and an elopement last week.

From The Voice of the People by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

He was one of the early artists to break through the old wall of religious convention, painting frankly mythological subjects, and he did them in an exquisite manner all his own.

From The Book of Art for Young People by Conway, Agnes Ethel

She was delivering an address at a religious convention when a tempest suddenly broke with din of thunder and flare of lightning.

From Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers by Anonymous