单词 | churchmanly |
释义 | churchmanlyadj. Of, befitting, or characteristic of a churchman (churchman n. 2a). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [adjective] rulerc1390 reverent1398 ruly?c1450 ecclesiasticala1538 ministerial1561 clerical1592 ecclesiastic1603 cleric1623 reverend1625 clergical1632 clergya1635 hieratical1656 churchmanlike1786 shovel-hatted1832 churchmanly1833 hieratic1866 1833 C. G. F. Gore Polish Tales I. xxv. 163 In spite of the Primate's churchmanly remonstrance,..blood must flow to calm the fever of the Confederation. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. i. 382 Rose from their ranks to the height of Churchmanly dignity. 1917 C. E. Laughlin Heart of Her Highness xii. 129 He was watching Frederick keenly from behind his screen of churchmanly detachment. 1948 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 7 449 The note of churchmanly concern for the opinions of the unchurched is a rare one. 2003 G. Dorrien Making Amer. Liberal Theol. iii. 203 Though he prided himself on his churchmanly tact, Mathews was a lightning rod for fundamentalists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1833 |
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