Sunday house

English

Etymology

In reference to church services held on Sundays.

Noun

Sunday house (plural Sunday houses)

  1. In the German immigrant culture of the Texas Hill Country, one of the houses erected by farming settlers for overnight stays while visiting town for supplies and church attendance.
    Sunday houses were often made of limestone rock coated with whitewash inside and out.
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