| 单词 | kirk box |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskirk box kirk box n. = church box n. at church n.1 and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1845) VII. 215 He had..stollen out of the kirk boxe the silver gathered for the poore. 1725 T. Orem Descr. of Chanonry in Old Aberdeen (NLS Adv. MS 33.5.23) 42 There were 2000 Merks left by Dr Alexr Scroggie in the Kirk Box. 1815 J. Arbuthnot Hist. Acct. Peterhead 51 The funds of the Kirk box arise from the weekly collections, and the fines imposed on delinquents, who have been convicted of incontinence by the Spiritual Court. 1909 A. E. Barr Hands of Compulsion x. 212 He will be as discreet and dignified as if he was carrying round the Kirk box for the collection. 2002 M. Todd Culture of Protestantism in Early Mod. Scotl. ii. 105 The Perth elders were outraged at the sacrilege as well as the expense of the 1621 theft that cost £6 from the kirk box to replace the tablecloth borrowed from Patrick Pitcairn's wife. < as lemmas |
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