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Meanings of circuit rider in English
Spanish
ministro itinerante Travelling Christian evangelist.
Related terms
Practice of travelling between court locations.
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Examples for "riding circuit"
Examples for "riding circuit"
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And make me, in my solitary circuit riding in the hills and valleys a proper mouthpiece of Your will.
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He liked an outdoor life, hence he was fond of riding the circuit.
2
The part of his work that Abe liked best was " riding the circuit."
3
The old-time custom of " riding the circuit" is to the present generation of lawyers only a tradition.
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Captain T. W. S. Kidd of Springfield was the crier of the court in the days when Mr. Lincoln used to ride the circuit.
2
He liked an outdoor life, hence he was fond of riding the circuit.
3
The part of his work that Abe liked best was " riding the circuit."
4
The old-time custom of " riding the circuit" is to the present generation of lawyers only a tradition.
5
Abraham Lincoln, when he " rode the circuit" as a lawyer, carried with him a geometry, which he studied at every opportunity.
Usage of circuit rider in English
1
Now and then a circuit rider gets here and preaches to us.
2
The hired man delivered himself with the intonation somewhat of a circuit rider.
3
The old circuit rider and his wife had gone to bed.
4
It was Peter Cartwright, the famous Methodist divine and circuit rider.
5
That were a mighty good sermon circuit rider preached last night.
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And Mavis had left the old circuit rider and come to live with her.
7
The lad turned to go, and the old circuit rider rose to his full height.
8
I was born to it, as the circuit rider says, as the sparks fly upward.
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The sturdy circuit rider stood against it for a second until Abe sprang his bow.
10
These two, the town preacher and the young circuit rider, read to each other J.W.
11
The other circuit rider was young, handsome and zealous, and was doing a great work in converting young girls.
12
He was a circuit rider, a traveling man who had made quite a living in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska.
13
He was a circuit rider.
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And I have often wondered why the monument builders have never thought to raise a statue to the Methodist circuit rider.
15
The circuit rider is not only a priest to his people, but he is a good deal of a mendicant besides.
16
Where was the great glare of yellow light that the " circuit rider" had told about-andthe leaping tongues of fire?