Sunday house

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

In reference to church services held on Sundays.

Noun[edit]

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.