| 单词 | parish officer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparish officer parish officer n. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > constable > of a parish or tithing tithingmanlOE Petty Constable1472 tithemana1475 thirdborough?c1475 petty constable1574 parish officer1646 parish watcha1745 1646 H. Mill 2nd Pt. Nights Search i. sig. B5 Twas sure no Constable that's proud to weare The title of a Parish Officer. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 453 If a landlord distreins goods for rent, or a parish officer for taxes, these for a time are only a pledge in the hands of the distreinors. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 55 The position of principal Parish Officer, in which character the Constable was summoner, has long been filled by the churchwardens. 1991 Past & Present Aug. 48 Bristol, Stockland and Blagdon, Somerset, where the godly parish officers noted the administration of the sacrament at ‘christide’ and Easter. < as lemmas |
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