| 单词 | advowson-monger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadvowson-monger advowson-monger n. chiefly depreciative a person who deals in or profits from advowsons. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > one who wrongly profits from advowson-monger1632 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies iii. lxxxii. 154 [The church] sustains th' extremes of cold and hunger, To pamper up the fat Advousion-monger. 1870 J. Lillie Bishops & Councils ii. 47 The elders did not obtain their honour by purchase, but by established character. Can our advowson mongers say as much? 1935 Times 4 Sept. 14/3 O'Donoghue launched a campaign against ‘Purchase in the Church’ by public auction or in the discreet ledgers of the advowson-mongers. < as lemmas |
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