church robbern.

Brit.

/ˈtʃəːtʃ ˌrɒbə/, U.S.

/ˈtʃərtʃ ˌrɑbər/

Forms: see church n.¹ and adj. and robber n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.¹, robber n.

Etymology: < church n.¹ + robber n.

A person who steals from a church, or from the Christian Church; a plunderer of churches (esp. with reference to the seizing of Church property by the State at the Reformation).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > of specific place

church robber?1526

rob-orchard1673

bank robber1799

bank snatcher1890

?1526 G. Hervet tr. Erasmus De Immensa Dei Misericordia sig. E Thou arte no aduoutrer, no false forswerer, no manqueller, no churche robber.

1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. i. v. f. 15 To reuele the truth of his gospell by Apostates, vowebreakers, churchrobbers, and such other.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxi. §8. 540 Of her buriall there is no monument; for shee was a Church-robber.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 101 King Henry was..a Shameful and Shameless Adulterer, a publick and profest Homicide, Murtherer, a Sacrilegious Person, a Church-Robber.

1715 J. Harris Brit. Hero 19 Dispensations for Church-Robbers, Thieves, Incendiaries, Plunderers, Ravishers, Perjurers, &c.

1795 Asylum 5 Aug. 360 The air resounded with the universal cry, ‘church robber! church robber!..we have found him out!’

1847 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 142 The dying church-robber laid his ill-gotten wealth at its feet, and begged it to mutter a few masses for his miserable soul.

1884 19th Cent. Jan. 119 The monks were the greatest church-robbers that the world has ever known.

1917 P. H. Ditchfield Eng. of Shakespeare iii. 43 She herself [sc. Elizabeth I] was a Church robber and so was her favourite, Leicester.

1998 O. E. Butler Parable of Talents xiii. 208 I like him, and he doesn't strike me as a liar ora church robber.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	church robber
释义	church robbern. Brit. /ˈtʃəːtʃ ˌrɒbə/, U.S. /ˈtʃərtʃ ˌrɑbər/ Forms: see church n.¹ and adj. and robber n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.¹, robber n. Etymology: < church n.¹ + robber n. A person who steals from a church, or from the Christian Church; a plunderer of churches (esp. with reference to the seizing of Church property by the State at the Reformation). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > of specific place church robber?1526 rob-orchard1673 bank robber1799 bank snatcher1890 ?1526 G. Hervet tr. Erasmus De Immensa Dei Misericordia sig. E Thou arte no aduoutrer, no false forswerer, no manqueller, no churche robber. 1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. i. v. f. 15 To reuele the truth of his gospell by Apostates, vowebreakers, churchrobbers, and such other. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxi. §8. 540 Of her buriall there is no monument; for shee was a Church-robber. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 101 King Henry was..a Shameful and Shameless Adulterer, a publick and profest Homicide, Murtherer, a Sacrilegious Person, a Church-Robber. 1715 J. Harris Brit. Hero 19 Dispensations for Church-Robbers, Thieves, Incendiaries, Plunderers, Ravishers, Perjurers, &c. 1795 Asylum 5 Aug. 360 The air resounded with the universal cry, ‘church robber! church robber!..we have found him out!’ 1847 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 142 The dying church-robber laid his ill-gotten wealth at its feet, and begged it to mutter a few masses for his miserable soul. 1884 19th Cent. Jan. 119 The monks were the greatest church-robbers that the world has ever known. 1917 P. H. Ditchfield Eng. of Shakespeare iii. 43 She herself [sc. Elizabeth I] was a Church robber and so was her favourite, Leicester. 1998 O. E. Butler Parable of Talents xiii. 208 I like him, and he doesn't strike me as a liar ora church robber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1526
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