| 单词 | lay bishop |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslay bishop lay bishop n. †(a) applied derisively to those who set up as teachers of morality; (b) a playful term for a lay-rector. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > edifier preacher?c1225 edifier1678 lay bishop1693 1693 J. Dryden Examen Poeticum Ded. sig. A7v Those Lay-Bishops, as some call them, who under pretence of reforming the Stage, wou'd intrude themselves upon us, as our Superiours. 1806 M. R. Mitford Let. 2 Nov. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. ii. 58 The Colonel is the patron..of this fine church (for he is what they call a lay bishop, and still receives the tributary pence from the communicants). < as lemmas |
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