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单词 circuit rider
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circuit rider

noun North American historical
A clergyman who travelled on horseback from church to church, especially within a rural Methodist circuit.My great-grandfather was a Methodist circuit rider in Texas....
  • He'd learned that a Baptist circuit rider had spoken out against phrenology, calling it an enemy of Christian religion.
  • And in the 1770s, circuit riders such as the Reverend Devereux Jarrett organized thousands into Methodist societies, mostly in Maryland and Virginia.
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