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I was positively quivering by the time the colonel bade his farewells to the few remaining parishioners in the church hall, though whether my reaction was one of suppressed hysterical laughter or the urge to commit mass ecclesiasticide, I am still unsure.
A Letter of Mary King, Laurie R. 1996
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I was positively quivering by the time the colonel bade his farewells to the few remaining parishioners in the church hall, though whether my reaction was one of suppressed hysterical laughter or the urge to commit mass ecclesiasticide, I am still unsure.
A Letter of Mary King, Laurie R. 1996
MaryW commented on the word ecclesiasticide
From context: killing people in a church.
Laurie R. King, A Letter of Mary (New York: Picador, 1996), p. 225January 2, 2016