Meaning of Cave of Adullam | Babel Free

Definitions

A place or group in which people who have met failure or defeat in some way are said to congregate.

figuratively

Examples

“[…] but what shall we say⟳ of the sects which, coming late with forces weak in number⟳ and intellect, feed⟳ upon the refuse⟳ of the Church? They form⟳ caves of Adullam and call⟳ them churches.”

“[…] Grub Street was a Cave of Adullam for broken men, ruined in trade⟳ or political troubles, who could just keep⟳ body and soul together by these productions.”

“The order⟳ was largely copied by private firms, with the result⟳, as Szálasi complained, of “completely excluding the middle classes from the Hungarist Movement”—which in fact was by it both reduced in volume and changed in character, becoming more than ever a Cave of Adullam for more or less desperate elements.”

“The marathon open⟳ hearing held in Fresno in May 1961 to debate⟳ the measure⟳ turned out to be a Cave of Adullam where everyone with a complaint or a grievance, exacerbated through the long years of market instability, craved to be heard.”

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