to come together in close array; converge: The enemy was closing up on us from both flanks. 1  to bring to an end; cease: The company is closing up its overseas operations. 2  to become silent or uncommunicative. 3  to reduce or eliminate spacing material between (units of set type).
Resource Bank Contents. George Liele was the first black Baptist in Georgia, and the first black Baptist churches in American resulted from his evangelism.Liele was born in Virginia in 1752, but lived much of his life as a slave in Georgia.
They can also be made with feathers, shells, leaves, nuts, and ribbons. Men often wear lei made of kukui nuts or leaves, and grooms and male prom dates are often seen in maile, which are open-ended vine lei and are known as the lei of royalty.. 5. There actually is lei royalty. Every year on Lei Day, each of the main Hawaiian islands crowns a Lei Queen and Lei Princesses.