单词 | comprovincial |
释义 | comprovincialadj.n. A. adj. a. Of or belonging to the same province. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adjective] > relating to large division > belonging to the same province comprovincial1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee2v The six Islands, comprouinciall In auncient times vnto great Britainee. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 251 King Arthur..recover'd six Comprovincial Isles of the Sea (which are the very words of Geofferie of Monmouth). b. Of the same archiepiscopal province. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [adjective] > of the same province comprovincial1593 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 369 The comprovincial bishops. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 270 They are not to be reckoned Bishops, who are not..consecrated by the comprovincial bishops. 1850 Phillpotts Let. Abp. Canterb. 90 Call together your comprovincial Bishops. 1889 Guardian 15 May 1 That a bishop should be tried by his metropolitan, sitting with his comprovincial bishops. B. n. A fellow-provincial; a bishop of the same province. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > of same province comprovincial1642 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy xxv If any of the Comprovincialls be wanting he must be certifi'd by the Primate. 1701 J. Somers Jura Populi Anglicani Pref. 13 Synodal Rights enjoy'd and exercis'd by Metropolitans and their Comprovincials. 1880 T. W. Allies Life's Decision 102 The jurisdiction of..a Primate over his com-provincials. 1887 E. Hatch Infl. Greek Ideas vii. 127 The other bishops came to be less frequently spoken of as his ‘comprovincials’, and to be more commonly designated by the new word ‘suffragans’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1590 |
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