DCHP-3

glory-fit

Nfld
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a state of emotional frenzy inspired by religious fervor.

Quotations

1905
[He] was a cheerful Methodist, too, and subject to "glory-fits."
1946
He had not the religion of some of the outport Newfoundlanders who were subject to "glory fits" and loud repentances.