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.
[ 1 syll. lei, le-i ] The baby girl name Lei is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced Liy- â . Lei's language of origin is Hawaiian. It is predominantly used in Chinese and Hawaiian. The meaning of Lei is 'a garland of flowers'. Lei is a shortening of the English Leilani. A form of Lei is the Chinese and Hawaiian shortening Lei. Lei is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2015, out of the family of girl names directly related to Lei, Leilani was the most popular.