In the Fold Meaning?

The idiom into the fold means to welcome to part of a group of people who share the same faith or system of beliefs.

What does it mean to be in the fold?

The idiom into the fold means to welcome to part of a group of people who share the same faith or system of beliefs. 1 In the Fold Meaning.

What does back in the fold mean?

Come back to a group after an absence, as in Matthew taught for a number of years, but now he's returned to the fold as vice-president of the firm. This term employs fold in the sense of “an enclosure for sheep,” which has been used figuratively since the first half of the 1300s.