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fireside

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From fire + side.

  1. The area near a domestic fire or hearth.
  2. One's home.
  3. Home life.
  4. A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    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[...]”

    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.