单词 | federal head |
释义 | > as lemmasfederal head federal head n. †(a) the central governing body in a federation of individual states (obsolete); (b) Theology an individual who enters into a covenant representing others (applied to Adam and Christ); = covenant-head n. at covenant n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1786 T. Jefferson Let. 11 July in Papers (1954) X. 123 It will arm the federal head with the safest of all the instruments of coercion over their delinquent members. a1800 W. Cowper Comm. Milton's Paradise Lost in Wks. (1837) XV. 339 Christ becomes the fœderal head of his church. 1886 N. Amer. Rev. July 19 Adam, according to this old-school Calvinism, was the Federal Head, the representative of his race. 2010 J. C. Hilbun Disciple's Life in Christ Jesus vi. 81 Adam was the figure or type in that he was the appointed federal head of the fallen race. < as lemmas |
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