单词 | primateship |
释义 | primateshipn. Christian Church. The office or position of a primate; spiritual leadership; = primacy n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > primate > [noun] > office of primacyc1384 primalty?a1400 primateship?1570 ?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. sig. C. iiij Peter was somewhat ambitious for the Primateship, because he had left all and followed Christ. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 253 Siricius was..thence remoued to this Primatship of Canterbury. 1688 A. Woodhead 3rd Treat. 1st Pt. Anc. Church Govt. i. 3 Over these Churches that Bishop might have some more immediate superintendency, and Metropolitan- or Primat-ship. 1717 B. Willis Surv. Cathedral Church St. David's 102 He met with great Opposition, because of his challenge of the Primateship. 1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) ii. Chron. 67/1 The primateship will remain vacant for two years. 1858 F. Lancelott Queens of Eng. 68/1 The King..recalled the offending Archbishop from exile, and restored to him his primateship and estates. 1934 Speculum 9 158 The only western institution that might compare with the eastern patriarchate was the primateship. 1959 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 19 394 The Established Church,..whose rule under the masterful primateship of Laud aroused the bitterest anti-clerical feeling. 1993 PAP News Wire (Nexis) 7 July Cardinal Jozef Glemp has been holding the Roman Catholic primateship of Poland for 12 years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1570 |
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