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

The task was one in which he was much hampered by a stringent religious convention, and the result is interesting, but not very happy.

From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)

A Concord judge and an old Free-Soil politician once attended a religious convention, and after the business of the day was over they went to walk together.

From The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Stearns, Frank Preston