"monster meeting" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1896, “The Repeal Movement”, in Richard Barry O’Brien, editor, Ireland, page 310",
          "text": "Monster meetings were held throughout the country, at which O’Connell addressed vast multitudes, stimulating exertion, inspiring enthusiasm, kindling hope.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1921, Seumas MacManus, The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland, page 580",
          "text": "The Monster meetings were signally characterised by an utter absence of both drink and disorder.",
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        {
          "ref": "1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 350",
          "text": "They summoned for 10 April 1848 a monster meeting which should march from Kennington Common to the House of Commons and present a petition said to contain five million signatures.",
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        "A mass public demonstration, especially one of those held in Ireland in 1843–45 demanding the repeal of the union with Great Britain."
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        "(UK, Ireland, archaic or historical) A mass public demonstration, especially one of those held in Ireland in 1843–45 demanding the repeal of the union with Great Britain."
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          "ref": "1896, “The Repeal Movement”, in Richard Barry O’Brien, editor, Ireland, page 310",
          "text": "Monster meetings were held throughout the country, at which O’Connell addressed vast multitudes, stimulating exertion, inspiring enthusiasm, kindling hope.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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          "text": "The Monster meetings were signally characterised by an utter absence of both drink and disorder.",
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        },
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