fold
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- noun
- /foʊld/
:
congregación
- But please, try to bring him back into the fold.
- return to the fold
- back into the fold
It was easy for me because she brought me into her fold.
- It was easy for me because she brought me into her fold.
- You know, it gets to be personal once you're in the fold.
- Their glitter is why they are able to often attract new people into their fold.
- I mean, you know, Blair had welcomed Gaddafi back into the fold.
Examples
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England then was part of the Catholic fold again, though on terms.
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Look, if you bring your boys into the fold, there are no limits to what we could achieve together.
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Welcome to the fold, brother.
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We definitely missed Phil and we realized how much we missed him when he came back into the fold.
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Welcome to the fold, brother Plainview.
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You are all back in the fold... as Tennessee stands here in your midst.
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Tristram has brought the commissioner back into the fold, so he won't be a problem.
Fiction book (1995) -
If you can see your way to apologising to Patricia, then, maybe, MAYBE we can talk about you returning to the fold.
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If they succeed, they're co-opted, brought back into the fold as more or less equal partners.
Fiction book (1990) -
The community welcomed him back into the fold after his long absence.
Synonyms
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1.0
The people who meet regularly for Christian worship in the same place
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People who meet regularly in a church to worship
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2.0
A group of people who follow the same leader
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People who are loyal followers of a religion or leader
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A group of Christian churches that share the same faith and rites
Idioms
Compounds
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A pattern where paper, cloth, or rock is bent back and forth like an accordion
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Skin fold at the inner corner of the eye common in many East Asian people and some health conditions
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One of two thin pieces of tissue above the voice box that do not make sound
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Lower band of tissue in the throat that makes sound when air passes between the two bands
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Thin bands of tissue in the voice box that vibrate to make voice when air passes between them
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A thin piece of tissue in the throat above the vocal cords that usually does not make sound
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A fold of tissue in the voice box that protects the airway and does not make speech sounds
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A way of bending paper to make a zigzag shape like an accordion, often used in brochures and maps
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Etymology
Fold The use of fold for a group in a church comes from the sheep pen image: believers are like sheep in the same fold, so being 'in the fold' means being part of that group.