单词 | church minister |
释义 | > as lemmaschurch minister church minister n. ΚΠ 1566 J. Barthlet Pedegrewe Heretiques f. 71 He sayth that Friers, Monkes, and the rest of this broode ought, though they are no preachers nor church ministers, yet by almes to be prouided for & not work. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 104 That the magistrate..should take into his own power the stipendiarie maintenance of church-ministers,..can stand neither with the peoples right nor with Christian liberty. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 202/1 However commendable he may think it in a Church minister to be the champion of Gibbon's History. 1820 Monthly Repository Theol. & Gen. Lit. Mar. 138/2 No fees can be legally demanded by a Church minister, where the particular service for which they are demanded has not been performed. 2005 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 13 Feb. 12/1 A church minister and municipal councillor from a small Karoo town has landed in jail for stealing bricks from a housing project—because he wanted to extend his home. < as lemmas |
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