单词 | ecclesiast |
释义 | Ecclesiastn. 1. ‘The Preacher’, i.e. Solomon considered as the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes. In first quot. applied to the author of Ecclesiasticus, the reference being to xxxiii. 19. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Ecclesiastes > Solomon as author of Ecclesiast1873 c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 651 Thanne wolde he, vp-on his Bible seke That ilke prouerbe, of Ecclesiaste Where he comandeth, and forbedeth faste Man shal nat suffre his wyf go roule aboute. 1873 Contemp. Rev. 22 536 The happiness that allures me, says the Ecclesiast, is a mockery. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] God's maneOE priestOE clerkc1050 secularc1290 vicary1303 minister1340 divinec1380 man of Godc1384 kirkmana1400 man of the churchc1400 cockc1405 Ecclesiastc1405 spiritual1441 ministrator1450 abbé1530 reverend1547 churchman1549 tippet-captain?1550 tippet knight1551 tippet man1551 public minister1564 reading minister1572 clergyman1577 clerk1577 padre1584 minstrel1586 spiritual1600 cleric1623 cassock1628 Levite1640 gownsman1641 teaching elder1642 ecclesiastic1651 religionist1651 crape1682 crape-gown-man1682 man in black1692 soul driver1699 secularist1716 autem jet1737 liturge1737 officiant1740 snub-devil1785 soul doctor1785 officiator1801 umfundisi1825 crape-man1826 clerical1837 God-man1842 Pfarrer1844 liturgist1848 white-choker1851 rook1859 shovel hat1859 sky pilot1865 ecclesiastical1883 joss-pidgin-man1886 josser1887 sin-shiftera1912 sin-buster1931 parch1944 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > person performing serverc1400 Ecclesiastc1405 ministrator1450 solemnizer1577 celebrant1624 exhibent1658 liturge1737 officiant1740 officiator1801 liturgist1848 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 708 He [sc. the pardoner] was in chirche a noble Ecclesiaste. b. [Suggested by ecclesiastic adj. and n.] A church administrator. ΚΠ 1866 F. W. Newman Relig. Weakness Protestantism 40 We see a great ecclesiast. 3. A member of the Athenian Ecclesia. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > in Athens > member of Ecclesiast1849 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. i. 382 Present to the mind of every citizen in his character of dikast or Ekklesiast. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 30 The whole Athenian nation, as dikasts and ecclesiasts were interested in Rhetoric. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.c1386 |
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