| 单词 | obedientiary system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasobedientiary system obedientiary system n. historical a highly devolved financial system used by some religious houses. ΚΠ 1931 Econ. Jrnl. 41 137 Here new theories..are advanced by Dr. Saunders..in connection with the obedientiary system. 1948 D. D. Knowles Relig. Orders in Eng. v. 50 It avoided waste and personal aggrandisement of the old obedientiary system, and secured the maximum income for the monastery. 1986 W. J. Millor et al. Lett. John of Salisbury I. 247 The establishment of separate offices and the division of funds for specific purposes was a characteristic of monastic finance in the twelfth century, when the obedientiary system..first became the norm in the larger Benedictine houses. < as lemmas |
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