| 单词 | kirk officer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskirk officer kirk officer n. a paid official whose job is to maintain the building and property of the church, and to assist the minister in administration; = church officer n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > church-officer > [noun] altarist1445 church officer1566 beadle1594 kirk officer1608 churchwarden1660 1608 Informations 63 Setting up, by the devise of Satan, ane Hierarchie, that is, a Spirituall principalitie in the Kirke of God, overthrowing altogither the Ordinance of Christ Iesus in ordering his Kirke officers. 1776 Dunfermline Weekly Mag. 4 June 416 He hoped it would never be considered to be any part of the duty of a minister, to go about like a kirk-officer, collecting certificates for such gentlemen as wanted to sit in that house. 1895 G. H. Kinnear Hist. Glenbervie ix. 57 Even when marriages were discontinued in church the kirk officer was most diligent in demanding his usual prerequisites. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles liv. 446 David Trumble, the Kirk Officer of South Ronaldsay, had the task of collecting the small teinds which included wool and lamb. < as lemmas |
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