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Definition of Reception line
1. Noun. A line of people (hosts and guests of honor) who welcome the guests at a reception party.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reception Line
Literary usage of Reception line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Straight America: A Call to National Service by Frances Kellor (1916)
"He then meets our second reception line — the employment agent, ... This immediately
calls forth our fourth reception line — the private banker who renews ..."
2. Straight America: A Call to National Service by Frances Kellor (1916)
"He then meets our second reception line — the employment agent, ... This immediately
calls forth our fourth reception line — the private banker who renews ..."
3. Good Times for Girls by Mary Eliza Moxcey (1920)
"When the hostess is a club or class, and the guests are very numerous, there is
nothing better than a reception line. If it is a general social, ..."
4. Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Administration by Frederick Smeeton Williams (1888)
"The wagons put into the Erewash reception line are drawn by a shunting engine
out at the opposite end from that at which they were put in, and after being ..."
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