Definition of "forgathering" []

• Present participle of forgather. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "The _Rhode Island_ was to be in port at the New York Navy Yard, and this meant the forgathering of all who were nearest and dearest to Peggy and"
• "It was Easter Monday, and at nine, as it chanced, she was to go out under the escortage of Charles Gardiner West to some forgathering of youth and beauty."
• "'And as to the forgathering, ask Father Roubeau here: he performed the ceremony.'"