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单词 parish clerk
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parish clerkn.

Brit. /ˌparɪʃ ˈklɑːk/, U.S. /ˌpɛrɪʃ ˈklərk/
Forms: see parish n. and clerk n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parish n., clerk n.
Etymology: < parish n. + clerk n.
Originally: an official appointed to assist the incumbent of an ecclesiastical parish in various duties connected with the church and its services (now historical). Now usually: an official assisting a parish council in the administration of the affairs of a civil parish, esp. in maintaining the public records.In England before the Reformation a parish clerk was usually a member of one of the five minor orders; thereafter often a layperson, the office frequently being combined with that of sexton. From the mid 19th cent. the work of parish clerk could sometimes be undertaken by a curate. One of the parish clerk's most prominent duties was formerly that of leading the responses (often without any following), but the role was later predominantly administrative.
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society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > clerk > [noun] > of parish
parish clerkc1390
town clerk?1527
church clerk1535
clerk1549
lay clerk1786
c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3312 Now was ther of that chirche a parissh clerk, The which that was ycleped Absolon.
1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 114 (MED) I bequeth to the brederhede of seynt Nicholas, founded by paressh clerkes in London, iij s. iiij d.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 34 (MED) Moche peple..to alchymy theire corage doth addresse..But wondir is that wevers dele with suche werkis, Fremasons & tanners with pore parish clerkis.
?1545 Rep. Eton Coll. in Victoria County Hist.: Bucks. (1908) II. 15 To..the parish clerke, 66s. 8d.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 557 And craftie Reynold was a Priest ordained, And th' Ape his Parish Clarke procur'd to bee.
1658 J. Playford Breif Introd. Skill Musick (new ed.) i. 49 Parish-Clerks which live in Countrey Towns and Villages; where their Skill is as small as their Wages.
1737 ‘Alexander the Coppersmith’ Remarks upon City of Corke 42 They, as so many Parish Clerks, said Amen to her Oath of Fact.
1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1775) II. xxxiv. 395 Plays acted by the society of the parish-clerks of London.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 232 The little man..was the parish clerk and bell-ringer of Chigwell.
1885 C. I. Elton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 296/1 It is said that the only civil function of the parish-clerk now remaining is to undertake the custody of maps and documents..deposited under the provisions of the Railway Clauses Act, 1845.
1958 ‘Miss Read’ Storm in Village xiii. 135 I'm a plain man and don't pretend to have understood all the rigmarole the Parish Clerk has just read us.
2000 J. Bruce in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing xi. 134 By an act of Parliament in 1640, in all churches in England the parish clerk was required to read each line of the psalm before it was sung, as an aid to the illiterate.
2003 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 8 July 7 In addition to this I am a parish clerk which regularly brings me into contact with Torridge District Council.

Derivatives

parish-ˈclerkly adj. rare characteristic of a parish clerk.
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parish-clerkly1886
1886 G. R. Sims Ring o' Bells i. i. 8 In a..parish-clerkly way he swore to humble the lady's pride.
parish-ˈclerkship n. rare the office of a parish clerk.
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parish-clerkship1513
1513 in Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 6 361 The parroch clerkschip beand vacand be the deceiss of Thomas Wemys.
1762 New & Gen. Biogr. Dict. X. 12 He..stood candidate for the parish clerkship of Ugborow near Harford.
1998 Dict. Irish Biogr. (ed. 3) 238/1 About 1765 he..turned Protestant to secure the parish clerkship of Rossmire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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parish clerk
b. Hence, since the Reformation, applied to laymen who perform such of these offices as are retained in cathedrals, churches, or chapels. In the Prayer-book of 1549 the clerks were the choir men; in later times, the clerk, or parish clerk, is the lay officer of a parish church, who has charge of the church and precincts, and assists the clergyman in various parts of his duties, e.g. by leading the people in responses, assisting at baptisms, marriages, etc. In other senses, usually with some distinctive epithet, as Bible clerk, a scholar who reads the Scripture lessons in some ancient college chapels; lay clerk, a singing man in some cathedrals and college chapels; singing clerk, etc.
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society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun]
songereOE
childOE
clergionc1325
choristerc1360
chanterc1384
quirera1425
choirman1488
singing man1527
clerk1549
chorista1552
songman1599
singing boy1666
sing-man1691
white boy1691
white man1691
choirist1773
secular1786
chorister-boy1817
choirboy1843
society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > clerk > [noun] > of parish
parish clerkc1390
town clerk?1527
church clerk1535
clerk1549
lay clerk1786
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxiv The Priest shall saye, or els the Clerkes shal syng.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxvi Where there be Clerkes, thei shall syng one, or many of the sentences aboue written.
1564 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xli. 463 To every parish belongeth I. A parson, or vicar, or both, or a curate under him. II. A clerk, to read, write, sing, and say.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. v. 21 To th' Church take the Priest, Clarke, and some sufficient honest witnesses. View more context for this quotation
1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 82 To go to the Clark of Ferry-Hinksey for ye Parish Register.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 409 The true Original of those we now call Parish Clerks..at first intended as Clerks-Assistant to him that had the Cure.
1727 Country-post in J. Swift et al. Misc. II. 290 The deceased Wife of the Singing Clerk of this Place.
a1800 W. Cowper Names of Little Note 14 There goes the parson, oh! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk!
1850 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (ed. 2) II. 86 There was no clerk, the Bishop read the responses and gave out the psalms, seeming to us, at first to be performing the office of clerk.
1879 M. Oliphant Within Precincts II. xviii. 24 He..had been a chorister and had progressed into a lay-clerk.
1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 169 New College (Chapel): Organist, Schoolmaster, Lay-clerks, Choristers.
1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 189 Magdalen Coll.: Organist, Clerks, Choristers.
1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 219 Christ Ch.: Organist, Singing men, Choristers.
1890–1 Kelly's Oxford Directory 60/1 All Souls College... Provision is made by these statutes for a warden, fifty fellows, two chaplains, and four bible clerks.
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