fireside

See also: fire-side

English

Im Etappenquartier vor Paris, a painting by Anton von Werner, depicting a fireside scene

From fire +‎ side.

fireside (plural firesides)

The area near a domestic fire or hearth.
(by extension, symbolic) One's home.
(by extension) Home life.
(Mormonism) A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- 1994 October, Rex D. Pinegar, “The Simple Things”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
  At a Brigham Young University fireside, President Hunter said, “If you feel that … what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart[...]”
- 1999 April, Keith B. McMullin, “Welcome Home”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
  Thomas (that is not his real name) was one who had lost his way. We became acquainted at a special fireside attended by members one doesn’t normally see on Sunday[...] The day before, Thomas’s father had invited him to attend the fireside.

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