单词 | apostolate |
释义 | apostolaten. a. The office or position of an apostle; leadership in a propaganda. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > apostle > [noun] > office of apostlehooda1000 apostleship1526 apostolate1642 society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > an alliance or association for common purpose > leadership in apostolate1748 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 132 To take Matthias from a Disciple into the lot and fellowship of an Apostolate. 1748 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XII. 102 I no otherwise assume the Apostolate of England (if you choose to use the phrase) than I assume the Apostolate of all Europe. 1839 Blackwood's Mag. 46 10 The zeal with which he discharged the apostolate of infidelity. b. A society or sodality of persons having as their object the propagation of a method or rule of faith, life, or conduct. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay associations > apostolate > [noun] apostolate1897 1897 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 4/2 The little settlement is an apostolate of mercy. 1905 Tablet 14 Oct. 607/2 The mere mention of that oxymoron the ‘lay-apostolate’ causes among Catholics of the elder generation a wise shaking of heads. 1911 Catholic Encycl. XII. 107/1 Ven. Vincent Mary Pallotti..gave to his society the name of ‘Catholic Apostolate’, afterwards changed by Pius IX to the ‘Pious Society of Missions’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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