| 单词 | church coffer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschurch coffer church coffer n. (a) a strong box in a church for the safe keeping of money or valuables; (b) (in plural) the church's treasury or financial resources. ΚΠ 1538 in E. Hobhouse Churchwardens' Accts. (1890) 152 Payd for ij hundryth of bords to make ye Church coffur .iiijs. viijd. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. 248 Numbers sell away their lands and livinges the huge prices whereof are brought to your Church coffers. 1715 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum (ed. 2) at Cista Gratiæ A Church-Coffer where the Peoples Alms-Money was kept. 1817 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 170/2 This document..will transfer thirty millions of reals from the Church coffers to those of the State. 1903 Notes & Queries 30 May 440/1 He broke open two of the church coffers, but only succeeded in finding one chalice. 2006 R. Pederson Lost Apostle vi. 140 Pope Boniface protested King Philip's efforts to dip into church coffers by issuing a papal bull known as the Unam Sanctum. < as lemmas |
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