单词 | church reeve |
释义 | church reeven. historical after mid 16th cent. = churchwarden n. 1a. Cf. kirkreeve n. at kirk n. Compounds 2, reeve n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > church-warden > [noun] reeveeOE kirkmaster1429 church reeve1433 warden1439 kirkreeve1442 churchwarden1443 churchman1457 churchmaster1484 churchward1496 kirkwarden1500 herenach1607 chapelwarden1688 kirkward1883 1433 in C. F. D. Sperling Hist. Sudbury (1896) 126 We..haue graunted hym be the assent of all the sayd parysh and Cherchereves to be inh'ited with ye sayd John Levynton in his solitary place and heremytage. 1472 in Mod. Philol. (1916) 13 3 (MED) Iohn Goodwyn taylour and Herry Brandon, Chirchereves, dedyn maken the Batylment of the stepyll. 1509 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 112 I wylle yt the chirche revis for ye tyme beyng shall take yt vpp by copy to the seyd vse affter my dyscesce. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 110 The forseid Mair did come afore him certein persones in sancte Marie Hall, þer beyng þe chirche Reves of senct Mighels of Couentre, and asked of þaym þe dettes. 1556 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 43 For the chyrchreves & the queste menes Costs whan they wer before the Vyseters at Walssynghme. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 198/1 Church-Wardens, anciently Church-Reeves..are officers elected every week after Easter. 1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 197/1 Church-wardens, formerly called church-reeves, are..also to observe the behaviour of the parishioners. 1851 Notes & Queries 12 July 29/1 The senes, courts, or ecclesiastical councils, were held for the purpose of correcting any neglect or omissions of the Church Reeves (as they were called). 1902 H. Fishwick & J. E. Bailey Inventories Churches & Chapels Lancs. 1552 5 The signatories of the Indenture were summoned, and the Church Reeves for that year [sc. 1553–4] appeared. 1999 A. Walsham Providence in Early Mod. Eng. iv. 193 Tired of tarrying for the magistrate, the two church reeves had taken matters into their own hands and defaced an elaborately decorated rood-screen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1433 |
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