单词 | to go into the church |
释义 | > as lemmasto go into (also enter) the church b. With the. The clerical profession or vocation; the ministry. Frequently in to go into (also enter) the church: to take holy orders; to be ordained as a member of the clergy.Frequently in man of the church: see also man n.1 Phrases 2z. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > collective clergyc1275 clerkshipc1275 churchc1400 spiritualtya1402 spiritualc1410 spritualitya1450 spirituality1525 spiritalty1534 ministry1566 cloth1656 crape1682 clericalty1860 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 560 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 122 (MED) Ani man of holi churche..person, preost, oþur ȝwat-so he beo.] c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 494 Men of þo Chirche schulden not ride on so stronge horsys. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xxii. sig. Ovij It apparteyneth not to noo man of the chyrche to gyue noo counseyll that concerneth the werre. 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles cxvi. sig. Ff.viv What auayleth it to a man of the chirche to haue thre or foure cures, prebendes, bysshopryches, archebysshopryches, & other benefyces. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 148 If his sonne shall goe to the Church. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 28 I am of the Church and will be glad to do my beneuolence, to make attonements and compremises betweene you. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 391/1 The Broad, or Cathedral Beard..because Bishops and Grave Men of the Church antiently did wear such Beards. 1779 R. Griffith tr. Voltaire Age of Louis XIV I. p. cv Being a widower, and having many children, he went into the Church, and was appointed to the Archbishopric of Paris. 1841 R. W. Emerson Prudence in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 223 The merchant breeds his son for the church or the bar. 1865 C. E. L. Riddell World in Church iv. 59 You have really entered the church: I mean, done duty, preached, and so forth? 1921 B. Williams Cecil Rhodes ii. 10 At sixteen Cecil had not entirely rejected the idea of the Church as a profession. 2008 C. Drazin Man who outshone Sun King i. 36 The increasing doubts that François and Marie had been having about their plan that Nicolas should go into the Church. < as lemmas |
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