单词 | church consistory |
释义 | > as lemmaschurch consistory church consistory n. = consistory n. II. (in various senses); (now esp.) = consistory n. 9. ΚΠ 1621 D. Calderwood Altar of Damascus iv. 124 Whether Church consistories should medle with such controversies concerning things temporall. 1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 474 By the passing this Bill all coercive Power of Church Consistories was taken away. 1880 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 475 The church consistory appoints and removes the village teachers throughout Hanover. 1998 F. J. Schryer Netherlandic Presence in Ont. 359 Presbyters..serve on local church consistories together with lay elders who act as deacons. < as lemmas |
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