| 单词 | king's preacher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKing's Preacher King's Preacher n. British (now historical) (during the reign of a king) any of four clergymen appointed as itinerant preachers to promote Protestant doctrine in areas of Lancashire where Roman Catholicism persisted after the Reformation; cf. earlier Queen's Preacher n. at queen n. Compounds 3a.The office was created by Queen Elizabeth I in 1599 and was abolished in 1845, by which time it had come to be regarded as a sinecure. ΚΠ 1691 R. Baxter Penitent Confession iii. 30 All the rest were moderate Episcopal Conformists... We knew this to be true of..the Lord Kimbolton (after Earl of Manchester and Lord Chamberlain that chose the Kings Preachers). 1789 St James's Chron. 23 Apr. The Bishop of Chester has made Mr Jackson King's Preacher. 1856 Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. & Cheshire 8 68 Mr Shaw held the office of King's Preacher, being one of four preachers sharing a royal stipend of £200, first established by Queen Elizabeth. 2012 T. Schwanda Soul Recreation iii. 116 Ambrose..served in Garstang as one of the King's Preachers. < as lemmas |
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