单词 | church errant |
释义 | > as lemmaschurch errant church errant n. [in sense (b) after knight-errant n.] now rare (a) a church that errs in opinion or conduct; (b) (with explicit allusion to knight-errant n.) a church that is seeking something. ΚΠ ?1720 Patch Work iii. 133 Our Church Howev'r, As I'll Evince, Has an Infallible Evidence, Her Doctrine to Insure, and Warrant, So In the Main Is no Church Errant. 1784 New Spect. xx. 3/1 He..resembles a modern church-errant in quest of a tithe pig. 1895 Peculiar People Apr. 3 They [sc. the modern Jews] are the typical church errant; they have cut loose from the old moorings of Judaism and spurn the anchor of Jesus. 2003 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) Mar.–Apr. (heading) Church errant. < as lemmas |
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