单词 | tub-preacher |
释义 | tub-preachern. One who preaches from a ‘tub’ (tub n.1 4); a dissenting preacher or minister (contemptuous). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] > dissenting tubman1642 tub-preacher1643 tubster1681 missionar1828 1643 xiv Art. of Treason exhib. I. Pennington 5 Stephan Evans, alias Prince of Morocco, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Salter, and Tub-preacher, on Snow Hill. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 165 Your lawful Ministers..to whom..you do not resort,..but to Tub-preachers in Conventicles. 1899 S. R. Gardiner O. Cromwell 48 Those who looked down with scorn on the vagaries of the tub-preacher. Derivatives ˈtub-ˌpreaching n. and adj. ΚΠ 1661 J. Davies Civil Warres xxxii. 52 Tub-Preachings and Conventicle-Lectures were listened to as to Oracles. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 14 The Tub-preaching Saint was so Zealous a Blade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1643 |
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