单词 | pulpitarian |
释义 | pulpitariann.adj. A. n. A preacher, a pulpiteer. Also: a person who regards the pulpit or preaching as the chief feature of religious worship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] angelOE spellera1200 preacher?c1225 sermonerc1325 predicatorc1460 predicant?1519 pulpit man1581 homilist1616 concionator1623 sermonist1630 sermoneera1637 homiliana1641 pulpiteer1643 preachman1647 sermonizer1651 pulpitarian1654 pulpiter1681 predicatory1686 preacher man1848 preach1955 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 139 You may take away the Pewes, where all are Pulpitarians. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 90 Directions, that had netled the aggrieved Pulpitarians. 1783 W. Hutton Hist. Birmingham (ed. 2) 317 Having therefore finished my discourse, I shall, like my friends, the pulpitarians..apply what has been said. 1860 Med. Times & Gaz. 15 Sept. 266/1 Some of the most ‘popular’ of..modern pulpitarians. 1870 E. Sweet Future Life 513 The pulpitarian looked extremely dignified at me, and I looked extremely imperturbed at him. 1933 Lake County Times (Hammond, Indiana) 12 Aug. 2/4 Bishop Martin..is a recognized pulpitarian of note. 1994 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 10 Dec. 4 Unlike many of our modern day pulpitarians, he [sc. John the Baptist] spoke against adultery. B. adj. Suggestive of the pulpit; reminiscent of a sermon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > [adjective] > characteristic of pulpit as place of pulpitical1714 pulpitable1772 pulpital1772 pulpitary1784 pulpitic1845 pulpitarian1887 1887 Daily News 15 Oct. 3/6 Some fastidious critics may consider Dr. Bayne's style somewhat pulpitarian. 1927 D. T. Lynch Boss Tweed xiv. 176 Madame Restell resented these pulpitarian outbursts as wanton attacks upon her and her profession. 1979 Amer. Hist. Rev. 84 377 Discourse on the subject [of the fascism problem] will remain charged, moralistic, and pulpitarian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1654 |
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