单词 | church-wise |
释义 | church-wiseadv.adj. A. adv. After the manner or in the way of a church; with regard to a church or to the Christian Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adverb] spiritually?c1510 ecclesiastically1588 church-wisea1626 denominationally1845 cultically1877 a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) v. 34 The Angell delivereth it Evangelizando, Church wise,..Churchwise (I say) for he doth it by a Sermon. 1646 G. Gillespie Aarons Rod ii. v. 202 The Heathen and all the ends of the earth are given him [sc. Christ] for an inheritance,..but that is onely Church-wise. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 115 Built and framed church-wise. 1761 J. Stonhouse Universal Restitution xvi. 336 God..will have all intellectual creatures collected into himself churchwise. 1805 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 724/2 The length is divided into three ailes, church-wise. 1850 Amer. Biblical Repository Jan. 43 Nothing is done rightly, that is not done church-wise, or as the church would have it. 1879 Unity (Chicago) 1 Apr. 35/2 Churchwise, Bryant had been bred in New England Congregationalism. 1909 N.Y. Templar 15 Nov. 3/3 Tho Lodge with many men of many minds churchwise can and will do it. 1998 Church Times 22 May 13/1 If anyone wants anything church-wise, they go to the churchwardens, who pass it on to me. B. adj. Befitting or characteristic of a church or of the Christian Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] churchlyeOE ghostlyOE spiritala1393 spiritual?a1400 ecclesiastic1483 ecclesiastical1538 churchlike1594 ecclesial1649 church-wisea1670 denominational1838 cultic1877 cultual1886 a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 35 The form of it [sc. the chapel] was costly, reverend, and church-wise. 1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture i. iii. 69 A church-wise form. 1886 60th Rep. Amer. Home Missionary Soc. 19 The other two [missionaries] are doing a work more church-wise, and their influence is good in every direction. 2000 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 2 Feb. y10 You can..flip it [sc. a reversible skirt] inside-out so it would have the layover on top of it, and it would look more church-wise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.a1626 |
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