| 单词 | out-brother |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout-brother ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun] > living outside monastery out-brother1565 externc1610 1565 in J. Strype Life Matthew Parker (1821) III. ii. App. 40 We will that none, having our dispensation to be an out-brother or sister, be suffered to be an in-brother or sister, until he or she hath surrendred to us and our successors his or her dispensation. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 3 If they would bestowe vpon him but a slender outbrothers annuity of mutton & broth. a1768 T. Secker Speculum (1995) 44 13–8–0 for the maintenance of out brothers & sisters, & 4£ being an Increase, for such of the In-brothers as the Master shall think poorest. 1785 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 625/1 Each hospital has 60 brothers and sisters, in all 120. [Note] Viz. 30 in-brothers and sisters, with 5 out-brothers and sisters, at or near Canterbury. 1866 Sessional Papers (1904) (House of Commons) 43 591 The trustees shall be at liberty at any time..to increase the number of in-brethren by filling any vacancy occurring among the out-brethren by an election of an in-brother, or by electing any out-brother with his consent to be an in-brother. < as lemmas |
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