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DCHP-2 (Nov 2012)
Non-Canadianism
This is a word that our editors have determined is not a Canadianism.
n. — historical
a cleric who travels in the country from church to church.
Type: 2. Preservation — This historical term is very frequent in America (see Chart 1). It was likely adopted by United Empire Loyalists residing in British North America, as these individuals were active long before Canadian Confederation in 1867.
See also Gage-1, s.v. "circuit rider", ITP Nelson, s.v. "circuit rider", which is described as "in Canada"; an assessment that is not borne out.
See also Gage-1, s.v. "circuit rider", ITP Nelson, s.v. "circuit rider", which is described as "in Canada"; an assessment that is not borne out.
See: Confederation
Quotations
1842
Oh, to be instrumental in doing just such good to others, I do believe I would quit Congress, the bar and everything else, and just turn circuit rider and preach throughout the country--[cheers.]
1896
"The Circuit Rider." William Briggs announces a cheap edition of Edward Eggleston's famous story, "The Circuit Rider."
1945
It is not plain just what were the original purposes of Simmons, a Methodist circuit rider at the time.
1974
I begged her to come back home, and I’d quit being a circuit rider—that’s what us Bible-punchers was known as, then.
1979
Circuit riders, some professors call the freelancers, comparing them to the nineteenth century backwoods parsons who preached from church to church.
References
- Gage-1
- ITP Nelson
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