| 单词 | spiritual incest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspiritual incest b. spiritual incest (Roman Catholic Church): (a) Marriage or sexual connection between persons related by spiritual affinity, or with a person under a vow of chastity, etc. (b) The holding by the same person of two benefices, one of which depends on the collation of the other. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > [noun] > one who possesses > who has two > the holding of two together > one of which depends on collation of other spiritual incest1728 ?c1225 [see sense 1a]. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 361/1 Mayster Martine Luther hymself..toke out of religion a spouse of Christ..liueth with her openly..in shamefull incest and abhominable bycherye. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Spiritual incest is also understood of a Vicar, or other Beneficiary, who..holds two Benefices, the one whereof depends on the Collation of the other. Such a Spiritual Incest renders both the one and the other of those Benefices vacant. < as lemmas |
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