单词 | churchdom |
释义 | churchdomn. The domain or sphere of the Christian Church, or of clerical authority; the members or clergy of the Church collectively. Also: the organization or polity of the Church, or a form of this. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > status factory1618 churchdom1644 churchship1645 1644 T. Welde Answer to W. R. xv. 65 That [sc. Synodical excommunication] [is] a cutting off from Churchdom (at least for present) & a giving up to Satan. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed ix Whatsoever Church pretendeth to a new beginning, pretendeth at the same time to a new Churchdome, and whatsoever is so new, is none. 1794 H. R. Yorke Thoughts Civil Govt. 32 The pomp of Churchdom can only be consolidated on the misery of the laity. 1851 R. Browning in M. Shelley Lett. Shelley (1852) Introd. 33 Mistaking Churchdom for Christianity. 1899 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 3 400 Even so good an authority as Kattenbusch has traced the oppositions between Roman and eastern churchdom with adequate thoroughness only as far back as to the Nicene council. 1910 New Schaff-Herzog Encycl. Relig. Knowl. VI. 233/1 Roman Catholicism appeared to him the historically developed and therefore the natural form of churchdom in his countries. 1966 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 39/1 Its writing and publication are symbolic of the more realistic..attitude toward sex currently held by at least one of the more capable and progressive intellects in churchdom. 2007 P. Peachey Building Peace in Civil Society xv. 177 Prevailing churchdom repels many people in our time, and leaves many who still hang on, dissatisfied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1644 |
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