单词 | church preferment |
释义 | > as lemmaschurch preferment church preferment n. ΚΠ 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. liii. 239 By Slauerie and by Symonie now Church-Preferment comes. a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady ii. iv. 4 in Wks. (1640) III For any Church preferment thou hast a mind too. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 119 This crime of canvassing or solliciting for Church-Preferment. 1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 204/1 He was not ill-provided with church preferment, but he hated the clerical profession. 1997 J. M. I. Klaver Geol. & Relig. Sentiment i. iii. 47 The professional geologist..could not fall back on church preferment as a source of income. < as lemmas |
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