Watchnight in a sentence

Watchnight meaning

1. A religious service involving a review of the past year and preparation for the year ahead participated in by Methodists and members of other Christian denominations which usually starts late on New Year's Eve and ends after midnight on New Year's Day; hence, the night that begins on December 31 and ends on January 1.
2. A monthly or quarterly religious service participated in by Methodists which extended past midnight.
3. Any religious or spiritual vigil.

Using Watchnight

• The main meaning on this page is: A religious service involving a review of the past year and preparation for the year ahead participated in by Methodists and members of other Christian denominations which usually starts late on New Year's Eve and ends after midnight on New Year's Day; hence, the night that begins on December 31 and ends on January 1. | A monthly or quarterly religious service participated in by Methodists which extended past midnight. | Any religious or spiritual vigil.
• In the example corpus, watchnight often appears in combinations such as: watchnight service.

Context around Watchnight

• Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
• Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Watchnight

• In this selection, "watchnight" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, service stand out and add context to how "watchnight" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include and a watchnight service on and dominoes during watchnight service to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "watchnight" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.