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单词 priestshire
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priestshiren.

Brit. /ˈpriːstʃ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /ˈpristˌʃɪ(ə)r/, /ˈpristʃər/, /ˈpristˌʃaɪ(ə)r/
Forms: see priest n. and shire n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: priest n., shire n.
Etymology: < priest n. + shire n.Compare also Old English mæsseprēostscīr, in the same sense ( < mass-priest n. + shire n.).
rare (historical in later use).
A district served by a priest; a parish.
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parishenc1400
parishingc1450
cure1480
charge1530
paroece1564
parochrie1581
OE tr. Theodulf of Orleans Capitula (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 321 Ne spane nan mæssepreost nanne mon of oðre cyrcean hyrnysse to his cyrcan, ne of oðre preostscyre [L. parrochia] lære þæt mon hys cyrcan gesece.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. iv. 158 These districts allotted to priests were called priestshires.
1908 T. E. Bridgett Hist. Holy Eucharist in Great Brit. (ed. 2) ii. 62 Secular priests, i.e. priests not under monastic vows, had also the care of districts allotted to them. These districts were called priestshires, shriftshires or kirkshires.
1962 J. Godfrey Church in Anglo-Saxon Eng. 479 Such districts would be known as priestshires rather than parishes, as at this time the term 'parochia' signified the territory of the bishop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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