church governmentn.

Brit.

/ˌtʃəːtʃ ˈɡʌvnm(ə)nt/,

/ˌtʃəːtʃ ˈɡʌvəm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/tʃərtʃ ˈɡəvər(n)m(ə)nt/

Forms: see church n.¹ and adj. and government n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.¹, government n.

Etymology: < church n.¹ + government n.

The administration and control of the affairs of the Christian church or a denomination of it; the system or form of polity upon which a particular Christian community is organized for the exercise of authority and discipline, as Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregational, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > [noun]

common law?c1430

church government1566

kirk government1608

1566 R. Horne Answeare M. J. Fekenham f. 42^v There was nothinge perteininge to the Churche gouernmente, whiche he did not prouide for, order, and diricte by his lawes and constitutions.

1584 J. Rainolds & J. Hart Summe of Conf. iv. 151 The Actes of the Apostles..are a paterne of Church-gouernment.

c1630 W. Scot Apol. Narration Kirk of Scotl. (1846) 65 The occasion or irritant cause of the alteration of the Church Government.

1670 I. Walton Life of Hooker 37 Able to..determine what laws were fit to be made concerning church-government.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 90 Some Inconveniencies in Church-Government, are better palliated, then lanced to the bottom.

1779 A. Clark Bk. of Prophecy Opened 88 To put a stop to all disquietous or factious troubles that might be set on foot..through the prevailency of various opinions concerning..church government.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose i, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 159 Had the Author of our holy religion considered any peculiar form of church government as essential to salvation, it would have been revealed with the same precision as under the Old Testament dispensation.

1882 J. Taylor Sc. Covenanters 19 The Presbyterian system of Church-government was re-established.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 52/1 The clergy..accepted the inevitable, hoping, as long as Queen Anne lived, that prelacy might yet be recognized as the national form of Church government.

1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. v. v. 173 The quarrel was between men who were all Christians and all Protestants, but who were divided upon the method of Church government.

2000 C. H. Lawrence in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 734/2 The conciliar theories of church government that were invoked in an effort to heal the Great Schism were largely the work of academic canonists and theologians of Paris.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	church government
释义	church governmentn. Brit. /ˌtʃəːtʃ ˈɡʌvnm(ə)nt/, /ˌtʃəːtʃ ˈɡʌvəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /tʃərtʃ ˈɡəvər(n)m(ə)nt/ Forms: see church n.¹ and adj. and government n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.¹, government n. Etymology: < church n.¹ + government n. The administration and control of the affairs of the Christian church or a denomination of it; the system or form of polity upon which a particular Christian community is organized for the exercise of authority and discipline, as Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregational, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > [noun] common law?c1430 church government1566 kirk government1608 1566 R. Horne Answeare M. J. Fekenham f. 42^v There was nothinge perteininge to the Churche gouernmente, whiche he did not prouide for, order, and diricte by his lawes and constitutions. 1584 J. Rainolds & J. Hart Summe of Conf. iv. 151 The Actes of the Apostles..are a paterne of Church-gouernment. c1630 W. Scot Apol. Narration Kirk of Scotl. (1846) 65 The occasion or irritant cause of the alteration of the Church Government. 1670 I. Walton Life of Hooker 37 Able to..determine what laws were fit to be made concerning church-government. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 90 Some Inconveniencies in Church-Government, are better palliated, then lanced to the bottom. 1779 A. Clark Bk. of Prophecy Opened 88 To put a stop to all disquietous or factious troubles that might be set on foot..through the prevailency of various opinions concerning..church government. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose i, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 159 Had the Author of our holy religion considered any peculiar form of church government as essential to salvation, it would have been revealed with the same precision as under the Old Testament dispensation. 1882 J. Taylor Sc. Covenanters 19 The Presbyterian system of Church-government was re-established. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 52/1 The clergy..accepted the inevitable, hoping, as long as Queen Anne lived, that prelacy might yet be recognized as the national form of Church government. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. v. v. 173 The quarrel was between men who were all Christians and all Protestants, but who were divided upon the method of Church government. 2000 C. H. Lawrence in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 734/2 The conciliar theories of church government that were invoked in an effort to heal the Great Schism were largely the work of academic canonists and theologians of Paris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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