Sunday house

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.

“Sunday houses were often made of limestone rock coated with whitewash inside and out.”

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Meanings

nounSunday house (plural Sunday houses)

plural Sunday houses

  1. 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.

    Sunday houses were often made of limestone rock coated with whitewash inside and out.

Origin

In reference to church services held on Sundays.

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APA

Sunday house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20house

MLA

“Sunday house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sunday house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20house.

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