单词 | cursal |
释义 | cursaladj. Of or belonging to a course; applied to certain canons of St. Asaph's and prebendaries of St. David's Cathedral in Wales. According to some, because originally their prebends were annually changed by course or rotation: Jones & Freeman Hist. St. David's 313. Others would refer it to the ‘Cursus, officium Ecclesiasticum, seu series Orationum, Psalmorum, Hymnorum, et cæterarum precationum, quæ quotidie in Ecclesia decantatur’ (Du Cange). ΚΠ 1872 M. E. C. Walcott Sacristy II. 84 The preachers of Canterbury and cursal Canons of S. Asaph. 1878 Clergy List: Cathedral Establishments St. Davids; Prebendaries: 1st Cursal The Queen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1872 |
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