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Homecoming   /hˈoʊmkˌəmɪŋ/   Listen
Homecoming

noun
1.
An annual school or university reunion for graduates.
2.
A coming to or returning home.  Synonym: return.





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"Homecoming" Quotes from Famous Books



... whose hearts there was neither joy nor peace nor thankfulness; they were Eusebius of Nicomedia and Theognis of Nicea. Were they to return to their sees and confess themselves beaten? It would be a bitter homecoming. The officials of the palace were well known to Eusebius. He bribed the librarian to let him see once more the famous document that had just been signed by so many Bishops. Then, seizing a moment when the guardian's back was turned, the two Arians deleted their names from the profession ...
— Saint Athanasius - The Father of Orthodoxy • F.A. [Frances Alice] Forbes
... childish acquaintance. I wish you all honors that can come to you on such a quest as yours, and I had almost said all good luck, only that that word sounds too frivolous and pagan for such a serious matter; so I will say all safety for a swift accomplishment of your task and a swift homecoming. I used to think when I was a little child that nothing could ever hurt you or make you afraid, and I cannot help feeling now that you will come through the fire unscathed. May I hope to hear from you about the sweater and things? And may ...
— The Search • Grace Livingston Hill
... few years. Told of his struggles, of his fightings, and of his failures and successes, and how, little by little, he had obtained an education. Then he described the strike in the town, and the trial which ended in his imprisonment, and of his homecoming and his business life, and then ...
— The Day of Judgment • Joseph Hocking
... way a homecoming and a welcome that proved how wide-reaching has been the work Dr. Conwell has done, how deeply it has touched the lives of thousands of people in Philadelphia. This spontaneous act of appreciation was but the tribute paid ...
— Russell H. Conwell • Agnes Rush Burr
... a tiresome walk back to town and then out home, but Dick strode along with a light heart, and having changed his mind about his homecoming stopped in town to buy something in the way of groceries which he knew would fill a long-felt want ...
— Dick the Bank Boy - Or, A Missing Fortune • Frank V. Webster


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