单词 | field meeter |
释义 | † field meetern. Obsolete. A person who holds or attends a field meeting (field meeting n. 2). Cf. field conventicler n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] > in open air > attender at field meeter1678 field conventicler1680 camper1806 1678 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1829) II. ii. xiii. 487/1 You almost conclude us field-meeters to be the only troublers of the land. a1720 L. Milbourne in Royal Martyr Lamented (1724) 29 The Practices of the mad-brain'd Field-Meeters in North-Britain. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum The Name Whig was first given to the Field-Meeters in Scotland, whose chief Diet was sour Milk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1678 |
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