| 单词 | church establishment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChurch Establishment a. The ecclesiastical system established by law; more fully Church Establishment. Hence the Establishment often occurs as a distinctive name for the established church (esp. of England, Scotland, formerly Ireland), in contradistinction to the non-established churches or sects. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > establishmentarianism > [noun] > instance of parliament-faith1565 parliament religion1565 Established Church1628 state church1644 national church1645 parliament-church1707 establishmenta1732 law-church1826 1667 J. Corbet Disc. Relig. Eng. 28 The Setling of a Nation may be made up of an Establishment, a Limited Toleration, and a Discreet Connivence, etc.] a1732 E. Calamy Life (1830) I. v. 469 There was a variety of sentiments amongst those out of the Establishment, as well as those under it. 1786 W. Pitt in Ld. Stanhope Life (1879) I. 252 It is certainly a delicate thing to meddle with the Church Establishment in the present situation of Ireland. 1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 241 Chaderton contains a chapel of the establishment. 1806–31 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 93 These teachers have generally been found..within Establishments. 1824 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 51/1 America..has no Establishment. 1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 23 Half the people in England dislike the church establishment. 1869 Times Ann. Summary 306 The Irish Church Establishment has been abolished. < as lemmas |
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