| 单词 | man in the pew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman in the pew man in the pew n. [after the man in the street at street n. and adj. Phrases 5] (a member of) a Christian church congregation, esp. as distinguished from theologians or clergy; also man (or woman) in the pew. ΚΠ 1904 J. Dawson Man in Pew 3 Never a Sabbath passes but the man in the pew is slogged by the man in the pulpit. 1977 Evening Post (Nottingham) 27 Jan. 7/2 The survey..aims to find out how the ‘man-in-the-pew’ has reacted to changes in the Church and in society over the past ten years. 1991 Managem. Today Mar. 74/1 Donations from the man or woman in the pew form the Church of England's other big source of income. man (or woman) in the pew man in the pew n. [after the man in the street at street n. and adj. Phrases 5] (a member of) a Christian church congregation, esp. as distinguished from theologians or clergy; also man (or woman) in the pew. ΚΠ 1904 J. Dawson Man in Pew 3 Never a Sabbath passes but the man in the pew is slogged by the man in the pulpit. 1977 Evening Post (Nottingham) 27 Jan. 7/2 The survey..aims to find out how the ‘man-in-the-pew’ has reacted to changes in the Church and in society over the past ten years. 1991 Managem. Today Mar. 74/1 Donations from the man or woman in the pew form the Church of England's other big source of income. < as lemmas |
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