单词 | proposant |
释义 | proposantn. Now historical. A candidate proposing or offering himself for the ministry; a probationary minister.Chiefly with reference to Protestant churches in France and French-speaking countries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] > probationary proposant1646 stibbler1721 licentiate1854 1646 tr. Acts & Articles Synod Reformed Churches France 40 The Synod of Charenton 1644. and 1645. confirme the Rule taken by the Synod of Gergeau, and Rochel upon the undertaking of Proposants which intrude themselves into the Pulpits to make propositions which are in stead of Sermons. a1714 M. Henry Expos. Hist. Bks. New Test. (1715) (Matt. x. 1) sig. I4v/2 Hands must not be laid suddenly on any Man, but let him first be observ'd as a Candidate and Probationer, a Proposant, (that's the Term the French Churches use). 1813 A. Bruce Crit. Acct. Life A. Morus ii. 21 All examiners of proposants for the Ministry. 1873 Littell's Living Age 25 Oct. 200/1 Deputies..presented entreaties from their several provinces that Languedoc would send them proposants and pastors. 1966 J. A. Clarke Huguenot Warrior ii. 29 According to a census taken in 1598..there were 694 public churches, 257 fief churches, 800 ministers, 400 proposants (probationary ministers). 1998 J. McManners Church & Society 18th-cent. France II. vi. xlv. 595 Both of these moved on to be accepted as proposants in a synod and to study in the Lausanne seminary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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