| 释义 |
ˈchurch-way
[cf. Ger. kirchweg.]
1. The public way leading to a church.
1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest xxiii. (1615) 228 If any man haue stopped or strayted any Church-way, Mill-way, or other wayes in the Forest. 1615in N. Riding Rec. II. 90 The Church-way in Alne being in decay.
attrib.1590Shakes. Mids. N. v. i. 389 The graues, all gaping wide, Euery one lets forth his spright, In the Church-way paths to glide. 1783Crabbe Village ii. 6 The 'squire's tall gate and churchway-walk between.
†2. The manner or usage of a church. Obs.
1647J. Saltmarsh Sparkl. Glory (1847) 39 Our controversies in these outward things and Churchways. 1649tr. Behmen's Ep. xxxiv. (1886) 19 Their formal church-ways of worship. 1689Foxes & Firebr. iii. 219 None..but only they who are members in a church-way. |