单词 | plebania |
释义 | plebanian. Church History. rare. A parish church whose parish includes one or more subordinate chapels; a mother church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [noun] > parish mother church?1316 parish churcha1387 mother kirka1447 parochial1606 plebanian1631 plebania1851 1851 Brechin Advertiser 17 June 4/2 In the term Plebania, used in the ancient records, we have a view of the mother or original baptismal church, seated among its subordinate churches or chapels in a wide district, and conferring an authority somewhat less than that of bishop on its priest or parson, over the whole. 1902 W. S. Crockett Scott Country xii. 247 It was the plebania or mother-church of the district. 1914 G. C. Pringle Peebles & Selkirk xx. 141 The church, a Plebania or mother church in early times, is mentioned in the Inquisition of David I as having belonged to Kentigern. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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