fireside

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Im Etappenquartier vor Paris, a painting by Anton von Werner, depicting a fireside scene

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From fire +‎ side.

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fireside (plural firesides)

  1. The area near a domestic fire or hearth.
  2. (by extension, symbolic) One's home.
  3. (by extension) Home life.
  4. (Mormonism) A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
    • 1994 October, Rex D. Pinegar, “The Simple Things”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
      At a Brigham Young University fireside, President Hunter said, “If you feel that … what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart[...]”
    • 1999 April, Keith B. McMullin, “Welcome Home”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2]:
      Thomas (that is not his real name) was one who had lost his way. We became acquainted at a special fireside attended by members one doesn’t normally see on Sunday[...] The day before, Thomas’s father had invited him to attend the fireside.

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