[f. CAMP sb.2 + MEETING.] A religious meeting held in the open air or in a tent (chiefly among Methodists in America), and usually lasting for some days, during which those who attend encamp on the spot.
1809. Q. Rev., II. 336. Our fanatics … have not yet ventured to hold camp-meetings.
1842. Dickens, Amer. Notes (1850), 174/1. Religious scenes … which can hardly be surpassed by an American camp-meeting.
