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[ noun ] area reserved for persons leading the responsive amens

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

The Deacon_Board , headed by a black_man named Carlson , had practically taken_over as the pastor grew old , and had_its_way with the support of the Amen_corner .

The characteristic thing about this church was its Amen_corner and the weekly religious orgy .

And_then the Amen_corner took_hold , re-enacting a form of group_participation in worship that stemmed from years before the Greek_chorus , spreading down through the African forest , overseas to the West_Indies , and then here in Alabama .

To most of those who composed the Amen_corner it was a magnificent and beautiful experience , something for which they lived from week to week .

But then , at mention of that name , the Amen_corner broke_loose .

Related terms

corner church

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