单词 | scripture reader |
释义 | scripture readern. 1. A person who reads scripture, esp. regularly; a person who is well read in the Bible or another sacred text. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun] > reading of > person Bibler1538 Bible-reader?1548 scripturer?1550 Biblist1562 scripture reader?1574 Bible-clerk1626 scripturalist1725 Bible-student1853 Bible-woman1859 ?1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Comoedia f. 26 Good-thinking shall, by the Scripture readers, be spread, abroad ful-fitt. 1668 J. Jackson Index Biblicus (verso title page) (heading) Directions for the diligent Scripture-Reader. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 73 This..will put the Scripture Reader in Mind of the Custom of Treading out Corn by Oxen among the Children of Israel. 1797 J. Ireland Vindiciæ Regiæ i. 11 The prophetic parts of the Scripture are written in a manner which, if you are a Scripture reader, you will readily acknowledge. 1828 C. Fry Script. Reader's Guide vii. 87 Doubtless it is the same sympathy..which makes the Book of Psalms so inestimable a treasure to the believer, so constant a favourite to the Scripture reader. 1917 J. M. Kenaston Hist. Order Eastern Star 598 They went to the sepulchre, and as every scripture reader knows, Jesus raised the dead man to life. 2007 16th Cent. Jrnl. 38 332 The Protestant emphasis on the spiritual continuities between the two testaments..encouraged seventeenth-century scripture readers to look into biblical history to guide their thought and action. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [noun] > Karaism > person scripture reader1625 Karaite1728 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron i. ix. 43 They had their name..Karaim,..or Scripture readers, because they adhered to Scripture alone. 3. A layperson with the duty or role of reading passages from scripture aloud, either to individuals in their homes or in an institution, or (now typically) as part of a religious service. In early use: spec. a person employed by a church or missionary organization to visit the homes of poor people in order to read the Bible and evangelize (now historical). Cf. reader n. 3, lay reader n. (a) at lay adj. and n.9 Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [noun] > one who evangelizes > of the uneducated poor scripture reader1817 1817 Panoplist June 279 This number includes all the various descriptions of Christian laborers, whether settlers, schoolmasters, catechists, Scripture readers, or missionaries. 1844 J. B. Sumner Charge to Clergy of Chester 69 Instructions for Scripture Readers... You are to visit in your district from house to house... Your principal object must be, to call attention to the Scriptures, strongly urging..the sin of neglecting them. 1866 F. W. Robinson Prison Chars. II. xiii. 145 As a rule, the Scripture-reader proceeds at once to the infirmary, where are the prisoners too sick and weak to attend divine service in chapel. 1902 R. M'Clelland Heroes & Gentlemen xii. 94 One sad service we had..at the grave of Sergeant North at Doornkop, when there were present the doctor, the Scripture reader, a few pioneers, and myself [i.e. the army chaplain]. 1968 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 14 Feb. 9/6 All leaders, scripture readers, ushers, candlelighters and musicians are requested to be present. 2005 K. Madden Forkhill Protestants & Forkhill Catholics, 1787–1858 viii. 142 The sending forth of itinerant preachers and Scripture readers to spread the gospel. 2010 West Briton (Cornwall) (Nexis) 18 Feb. 46 On Sunday morning, the service was led by Keith Kneebone. The scripture readers were Barrie Penrose, Pat Pascoe and Denise Chubb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1574 |
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