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Word: long-sought-for (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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Occasionally, when an article appears in a national periodical proclaiming the completion of a long-sought-for theological union of two Protestant sects, it is hailed as a sign of the times: the beginnings of a great post-war religious revival and consolidation. Just as often, though not so well publicized an occurrence, new seets are breaking off from old ones. A part of the congregation of a Holy Roller church in a southern community may disagree with the majority on some such issue as the permissibility of smoking and a new seet is born, perhaps under the name Holy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brass Tacks | 2/19/1947 | See Source »

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