| 单词 | episcopal bench |
| 释义 | > as lemmasepiscopal bench c. The status or dignity of a person or persons who sit on a parliamentary or civic bench. Chiefly in episcopal bench: the office of a bishop with the right to sit in the House of Lords. ΚΠ 1785 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 163/1 Whether bp. Beveridge of St. Asaph preached before his being raised to the episcopal bench, I am doubtful. 1792 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXXII. 228 A noble and learned Lord, some years since retired from the Bench [of the House of Lords]. 1834 Christian Examiner & Church of Ireland Mag. Jan. 71 Four years after his appointment to the episcopal bench..he was seized with a paralytic stroke. 1888 Cheshire Observer 16 June 6/2 The anticipation of being afterwards raised to the civic bench is one of the inducements to citizens to undertake the Mayoralty. 1923 Jrnl. Educ. Nov. 722/1 He was appointed to the vicarage of Bradford in 1913 and elevated to the Episcopal Bench three years later. 1999 Albion 31 290 Under James I, holding a royal chaplaincy was virtually a necessity before elevation to the episcopal bench. < as lemmas |
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