| 单词 | country bishop |
| 释义 | > as lemmascountry bishop country bishop n. [translating post-classical Latin chorepiscopus or its etymon Byzantine Greek χωρεπίσκοπος chorepiscope n.] = chorepiscope n. ΚΠ 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. iv. f. 21 Them they called contrey-byshops [L. Chorepiscopos], because in the contrey they represented the Bishop. 1699 T. Gipps tr. Canons of Antioch in Tentamen Novum Continuatum: Answer to Mr Owen's Plea ii. viii. 51 Let the Country Bishop be under the Bishop of the City, to which he is Subject. 1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. I. 48 Chorepiscopi, i.e. country bishops. This order held the middle rank between bishops and presbyters. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. x. i. 231 In a council held at Antioch, in 341, these country bishops were forbidden to ordain priests and deacons. 2012 P. Brown Through Eye of Needle xx. 337 A new style of Christian bishop emerged as a village leader... In his old age, Augustine experienced one such country bishop. It was not a happy experience for him. < as lemmas |
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