单词 | church living |
释义 | church livingn. Now chiefly historical. A benefice in an established church, esp. in the Church of England; = living n.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > [noun] benefice1340 livingc1426 benefit1554 church living1592 endowment1597 1592 A. Willet Synopsis Papismi 225 The Apostle would haue a Bishop to be harberous, and giuen to hospitalitie: which he shall be much better able to performe, hauing some helpe, beside the Church liuing, of his owne inheritance. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiv, in Wks. (1662) 67 When corruptly they bestow Church-Livings. 1677 W. Lloyd Considerations touching True Way 115 It was required, that all Bishops, and others that held any Church-living in this Kingdom, should take an Oath of Supremacy. 1732 J. Swift Advantages repealing Sacramental Test 14 Every Bishop, upon the Vacancy of a Church Living, can sequester the Profits for the Use of the next Incumbent. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer ii. ix. 309 I gain..a rich church-living by the change. 1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. cx The impropriations of church livings might be purchased and put in trust for the use of such ministers as they might approve. 1876 Globe Encycl. II. 548/2 The name of offerings, oblations, obventions, fruits of the Church livings..were applied chiefly to Easter dues. 1944 Rev. Politics 6 472 Country gentlemen..developed a curiosity about the history of the countryside around them, the value of near-by church livings, [etc.]. 1991 Parl. Hist. 10 146 All Prime Ministers were inundated with requests from peers for favours,..from a church living to a place in the Queen's Household. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592 |
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