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Sunday house
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English
Etymology
In reference to church services held on Sundays.
Noun
In the German immigrant culture of the Texas Hill Country, one of the houses erected by farming settlers for overnight stays while visiting town for supplies and church attendance.
en Sunday houses were often made of limestone rock coated with whitewash inside and out.