单词 | under-shepherd |
释义 | under-shepherdn. (under- prefix1 3a(a).) ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > pastor > [noun] > sub-pastor under-shepherda1640 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd > type of sheep-reeve1450 page1590 shepherdling1605 under-shepherda1640 lad1717 lamber1809 mayoral1879 hurdle-man1880 motherer1890 rouser1896 rousie1906 boundary-keeper1933 a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover iii. i. 35 in 3 New Playes (1655) I am no glutton, but an under-shepherd. 1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown xii. §8 [The Clergy] could be but Ministers, Stewards, and Under-Shepherds. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 385 Each Pastor,..Choice Under-Shepherds carefully ordain'd. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 17 He had a pet sheep-dog (for..he occasionally acted as under-shepherd). 1876 S. C. J. Ingham White Cross xlvii [The rector] had little idea of the true motive power which sustained his under-shepherd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1640 |
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