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meeting noun A gathering of people, usually for a religious worship service or a series of such services. [originally applied to services of dissenters (as opposed to those of the established church) in the British Isles; OED meeting verbal noun 3b dates this usage from 1593, DARE labels it "chiefly Northeast, South Midland" in the U.S.]

1789 Big Pigeon Church Minutes 3-4 [I]f any Member shall Neglect theare attendance Two Church Meetings togeather shall be liable to the Churches Censher without rendering a reasonable satisfaction for the same. 1856 Elijoy Church Minutes 89 [T]he Church met at Elijoy meting house & after Sermont they put the sacrement of till the next meting and all other business on the account of Sickness. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 239 She actually changed her eyes to jet black whenever she went to "meetin'" or other public gatherings. 1956 Hall Coll (Gatlinburg TN) Generally the fall of the year they'd have what they called revival meeting one, two, three, or four weeks sometimes. They had meeting morning and evening or morning and night one all the time. 1939 Hall Coll (Gatlinburg TN) I was a-wanting to go out to, to meeting, church, and he wanted to go with me. 1970 Foster Walker Valley 28 You went to school there and you went to Sunday school, you went to meeting. 1982 Ginns Snowbird Gravy 146 They would dress up to go to meeting.