单词 | church lease |
释义 | > as lemmaschurch lease church lease n. now chiefly historical a lease of church property. ΚΠ 1542 Church-wardens' Accts. in T. Fuller Hist. Waltham-Abby 14 in Church-hist. Brit. (1655) Paid unto two men of Law for their counsel about the Church-leases, six shillings eight pence. 1665 T. Sprat Observ. Monsieur de Sorbier's Voy. Eng. 129 The letting of Church Leases is a business, whose Regulation was brought about since the time, that the Church of Rome divided from us. 1732 True & Faithful Narr. in J. Swift Misc. III. ii. 266 He got a Church-Lease fill'd up that Morning. 1881 Times 3 Oct. 10/5 The extraordinary tithes are taken for the residue of some old church lease. 1999 P. Scherer Ld. J. Russell vii. 91 In 1837 the government proposed that the state take over church leases. < as lemmas |
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