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  • noun Cant, U. S. The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.

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  • noun US, colloquial The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.

Etymologies

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candidate +‎ -ing

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Examples

  • I am also candidating on-line and without a budget for the Presidency of the United States.

    DEAR REPUBLICANS AND PROGRESSIVE EVANGELICALS: A NOTE ON A WAY OUT OF THE QUAGMIRE 2007

  • I'll be wearing one to preach my candidating sermon next Sunday.

    HELLO, My Little Yalie Powder Pigeons! PeaceBang 2006

  • On my candidating weekend in a BC, Canada church I wore a jacket with a pullover shirt and no tie.

    PeaceBang's Friendly Nemesis (Part I In a Series) PeaceBang 2006

  • When I was candidating for the Boise, Idaho, church a couple of weeks ago, I had one intense period of really understanding those lines.

    No Simple Highway, by Elizabeth Greene Elizabeth Greene 2005

  • And it's actually not -- and that those people who are already candidating themselves to be elected, they are not representing us in any way, and that people in Iraq did not have chance to know these party's programs and agenda, and that this is not a free election in any way, and that among the suicide attacks, terrorism by Islamic groups, terrorization in women generally, how can people go out and vote?

    CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2005 2005

  • I wrote a diary entry about candidating week at church and the latest mouse update.

    Candidating week ealdthryth 2003

  • "The minister who is candidating can't be too careful what text he chooses," said Miss Cornelia solemnly.

    Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919

  • He once told me of an early experience in candidating.

    A Backward Glance at Eighty Murdock, Charles A 1921

  • And he picked about the worst candidating text there is in the Bible – 'Curse ye Meroz.'

    Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919

  • I just up and told him I would, only my relation was candidating also; but ginn him my hand and promise I would be neuter.

    Humour of the North 1909

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