Names
Yearly Meetings are named for a nation (e. g., Canadian Yearly Meeting), a region within a nation (e. g., New England Yearly Meeting), a state (e. g. Illinois Yearly Meeting), or a large city that serves as a hub (e. g., Philadelphia Yearly Meeting). The entire name of a Yearly Meeting usually includes the words 'of the Religious Society of Friends' (e. g., New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends) although some do not (e.g. Evangelical Friends Church-Mid America Yearly Meeting).
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