单词 | presbytership |
释义 | presbytershipn. Now rare. The position or office of presbyter; priesthood; = presbyterate n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > kirk-session > member of > office of eldership1577 presbytership1593 presbytery1596 presbyterate1642 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church xi. 199 And speaking of his own Presbytership, saith, Nothing is in this life, & specially in this time more hard, laborious & dangerous, then the office of a bishop, or a presbyter, or a deacon. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxviii. 236 Let them vse what dialect they will, whether we call it a priesthood, a presbitership, or a ministerie it skilleth not. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 84 That no Deaconship or Presbytership is given among them, except first they have contracted a Virgin. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. 1 Tim. iii. 13 A fair step to a higher order, i.e. to a bishopric or presbyter-ship. 1699 T. Gipps Ans. Mr. Owen's Plea & Def. ii. xiv. 90 Lastly, desiring to provide a most worthy Successor to himself whilst he was alive, Provexit promoted him to the Honour of the Presbytership. 1854 J. Murdock tr. J. L. Mosheim Hist. Comm. on State of Christianity II. xxx. 205 Respecting his presbytership, there was no longer any contention. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 298/1 In chapter 47 he [sc. Clement] speaks of the dignity of presbytership. 1885 E. S. Ffoulkes Primitive Consecration ix. 470 Thy servants, whom we dedicate to the honour of the presbytership. 1946 J. Finegan Light from Anc. Past ix. i. 404 Later it [sc. the synagogue] was enlarged and made into a formal house of worship, this being under the presbytership of Samuel the priest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593 |
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