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woman's christian temperance union

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
wom-an's chris-tian tem-per-ance u-nion
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work. It is also known as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and by its acronym WCTU or W.C.T.U. . It was one of the political forces leading to passage of the constitutional amendment, later repealed, which prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages.

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What does woman's christian temperance union mean?
An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work. It is also known as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and by its acronym WCTU or W.C.T.U. . It was one of the political forces leading to passage of the constitutional amendment, later repealed, which prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages.

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