单词 | perpetual curate |
释义 | > as lemmasperpetual curate perpetual curate n. Anglican Church (now historical) a priest who has been licensed by a bishop on behalf of an impropriator or lay rector to take responsibility for a benefice indefinitely but without the legal status of a vicar; (abolished in the Church of England in 1969). ΚΠ 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 190 Neither Titularies, nor perpetual Curates; but Persons entirely conductitious, and removeable at Pleasure. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. xi. 238 The poor perpetual-curate, or sub-vicar. 1991 R. Cecil Masks of Death (BNC) 51 Branwell Bronte was regarded as a sinner by his pious family and, when he lay dying, his father, the perpetual curate of Haworth, prayed constantly by his bed. < as lemmas |
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