单词 | episcopalian |
释义 | episcopalianadj.n. A. adj. 1. Belonging to an episcopal church, esp. (usually with initial capital) to the Anglican Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [adjective] prelatical1641 prelating1641 prelatic1642 prelatish1642 episcopal1651 episcoparian1691 episcopalian1768 Pisky1910 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > [adjective] Anglican1598 Anglical1600 episcopal1752 episcopalian1768 Church of Englandist1818 churchy1843 church1853 1768 C. Chauncy Let. to Friend 66 The numbers and size of episcopalian churches. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 454 The Episcopalian churches are respectable. 1840 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 405 A long line of episcopal and episcopalian successors. 1844 S. Wilberforce Hist. Protestant Episc. Church Amer. (1846) 440 In New York, where the Episcopalian body is possessed of endowments, free churches have been opened for the poor. 2. Of an episcopal character. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adjective] bishoplyc890 mitredc1400 hornedc1425 pontificalc1440 episcopal1485 bishoplike1544 rocheted?1544 rochet1561 pontificial1591 pontifician1618 lawny1647 episcopalian1822 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 431 A wig, the episcopalian dimensions of which were reduced to suit it the better to the climate. 1875 Maid Marian (rev. ed.) ix, in T. L. Peacock Wks. II. 48 The departure of King Richard from England was succeeded by the episcopalian regency of the Bishops of Ely and Durham. B. n. (a) An adherent of episcopacy. (b) (Usually with initial capital.) One who belongs to an episcopal church; esp. a member of the Anglican Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [noun] > supporter of bishopist1590 prelatist1641 cathedralist1644 episcoparian1649 episcopal1709 episcopalian1738 1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 77 The Episcopalians were at this time excepted from a legal toleration. 1764 Secker Answ. Mayhew's Observ. (R.) We are considered as..professed episcopalians. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 8 The diffusion of light and knowledge through this kingdom..by Episcopalians and Puritans, from Edward VI. to the Restoration, was as wonderful as it is praiseworthy. 1844 S. Wilberforce Hist. Protestant Episc. Church Amer. (1846) 98 They would not hear of granting to Episcopalians the most ordinary toleration. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) v. 305 Our episcopalians used to be so few that [etc.]. Derivatives Episcoˈpalianism n. the principles distinctive of an Episcopalian. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [noun] prelacya1500 prelatism1611 episcopality?c1622 prelatry1641 prelaty1641 episcopy1660 bishopry1665 cathedral1679 episcopacy1691 Episcopalianism1846 1846 Eclectic Rev. Feb. 233 Is not episcopalianism itself brought into question? 1865 T. Wright Hist. Caricature (1875) xxi. 360 The Puritans..looked upon Episcopalianism as differing in little from popery. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Mar. 11/1 The Presbyterian religion..would have suited the people..much better than our Episcopalianism. Episcoˈpalianize v. to make (a person) an Episcopalian. Episcoˈpalianized adj. ΚΠ 1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales II. 258 The Episcopalianized Scots Presbyterian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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