A person who owes allegiance or obedience to a spiritual superior. Now chiefly historical.
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释义 | society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] > adherent of (5) subjectc1350 A person who owes allegiance or obedience to a spiritual superior. Now chiefly historical. pontifical1591 depreciative. With capital initial. An adherent or supporter of episcopacy, pontifical ceremony, etc., in the Anglican Church, esp. during the reign… pontifician1612 A supporter of the Pope or the papacy. Cf. pontificial, n. 2. pontificial1631 A supporter of the Pope or the prelates; = pontifical, n. 7. Obsolete (historical in later use). papa-prelatist1816 A supporter of prelates who behave papally. |
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