单词 | gospel-tree |
释义 | > as lemmasgospel-tree gospel-tree n. = gospel-oak n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > oak at which preaching is heard gospel-tree1648 gospel-oak1830 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Cv Dearest, bury me Under that Holy-oke, or Gospel-tree. 1801 S. Shaw Staffordsh. II. i. 165 The boundaries..are marked out by what are called Gospel trees, from the custom of having the Gospel read under or near them, by the clergy~man attending the parochial perambulations. < as lemmas |
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