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单词 examinable persons
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examinable persons
3. Scottish. Esp. in the Presbyterian Church: designating a parishioner old enough to be examined on the catechism and therefore potentially eligible to receive the Eucharist; esp. in examinable persons. Cf. examine n. Now historical.The age from which children were considered to be examinable varied from parish to parish, but was typically seven or above.
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1678 J. Brown Hist. Indulgence 44 My Ministrie in that place, where there will be 1200. examinable Persons.
1719 R. Erskine Let. in D. Fraser Life (1834) 46 [There are] upwards of 5000 examinable persons in the congregation.
1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 331 Examinable persons are about 1000, whereof 200 are Roman Catholicks.
1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 78 Population.... It appears, from an actual and pretty accurate survey taken in 1790, that the number had increased to 1577, of which 1219 were examinable.
1850 Form of Petition in J. Cook Styles of Writs Church Courts Scotl. 185 The present examinable population of the parish amounts to —— persons.
1895 J. Rae Life A. Smith xxviii. 399 Every minister kept a list of the examinable persons in his parish.
1962 Sc. Hist. Rev. 41 91 The minister of Boharm..reported 700 examinable persons in his parish.
2014 R. Houston Peasant Petitions vi. 58 He had to catechise the 2,300 examinable persons in his parish during the winter.
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