| 单词 | poor priests |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoor priests poor priests n. Christian Church (now historical) (in plural) an order of itinerant preaching clergy founded by Wyclif. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Poor Priests (Wyclif) > [noun] poor priests?c1430 ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 245 (title) Whi pore prestis han none benefice. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 248 Ȝit þouȝ pore prestis myȝtten frely geten presentacion of lordis to haue benefices wiþ cure of soulis. 1836 A. T. Malkin Gallery of Portraits IV. 120 He [sc. Wyclif] sent forth numerous missionaries, whom he called his ‘Poor Priests’, for the express purpose of propagating his doctrines. 1880 F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif p. xvi Wyclif's aim in instituting the poor priests was to supply the defects of the existing parsons. 1990 Amer. Hist. Rev. 95 802/2 She insists Wyclif concerned himself with the activities of the Poor Priests. < as lemmas |
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