| 单词 | presiding elder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspresiding elder presiding elder n. U.S. an elder in charge of a district in the Methodist Church and some other Christian denominations. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > elder > [noun] > chief presiding elder1789 1691 P. King Enq. into Constit., Discipline, Unity & Worship Primitive Church vii. 122 The formal Declaration of the Sentence of the Court, which was pronounced..by one of the presiding Elders, that is, either by the Bishop or a Presbyter Commission'd by him.] 1789 Form Discipline Methodist Episcopal Church Amer. (ed. 5) xxxiii. 46 But it is to be observed that a Preacher shall be tried by a Deacon, a Deacon by an Elder, an Elder by a presiding Elder, and a presiding Elder by the presiding Elder of a neighbouring district. 1844 I. D. Rupp He Pasa Ekklesia 447 A presiding elder, though no higher as to order than an elder, has charge of several circuits and stations, called collectively a district. 1961 W. E. B. Du Bois Worlds of Color ix. 137 He emphasized to the Presiding Elder the plan of giving up the old church and moving across the river. 2004 Santa Fe (New Mexico) New Mexican (Nexis) 14 Oct. a7 Salazar was appointed presiding elder of the Santa Fe district. < as lemmas |
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