sitting-order

Updated: May 24, 2025

“By that rule, then, you would call those who belong’ to the persuasion of my father, the sitting-order,” observed Elizabeth. “I’m sure I’ve never heard ‘em spoken of by any other’ name than Quakers, so called,” returned Remarkable, betraying a slight uneasiness; “I should be the last to call them otherwise, for I never in my life used a disparaging’ tarm of the Judge, or any of his family.

James Fenimore Cooper - The Pioneers