单词 | presbyterate |
释义 | presbyteraten. 1. A body of presbyters or priests; the order of presbyters; the priesthood.In quot. 1688 used attributively. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > kirk-session > member of > collective eldership1557 presbytery1591 presbyterate1641 presbyterium1733 elderhood1860 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. iii. 74 As appears by that of Paul to Timothy, on whom were laid the Hands of the Presbytery; not of the Presbyterate, or one Presbyter. 1688 R. Waller tr. Meas. Earth 29 in A. Pitfield tr. C. Perrault Mem. Nat. Hist. Animals At Sourdon in the Presbyterate House [Fr. la maison Presbyterale], more North than the Church by 65 Toyses. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 165 The distinction of the Episcopate and Presbyterate, as of two separate Orders. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. App. ix. 618 The mild and natural authority which the Apostle assigns to a representative presbyterate. 1911 Catholic Encycl. X. 449 When accused before the presbyterate of teaching that the Father suffered, he denied it. 1994 Times 1 Apr. 21/4 Our bishops need to return to the presbyterate, forsaking the trappings of prelacy. 2. The office of presbyter or priest; presbytership, eldership. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > kirk-session > member of > office of eldership1577 presbytership1593 presbytery1596 presbyterate1642 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy 82 Why should a Deaconship, or a Presbyterate consist with the office of an Evangelist, more then a Bishoprick? a1680 J. Corbet Nonconformist's Plea (1683) 12 The Ministry that I have received, is the sacred office of Presbyterate. 1702 S. Stoddon Dissenters No Schismaticks iii. 76 Your Episcopate, according to your Hypothesis, is an Order and Office specially distinct from the Presbyterate. 1764 T. Forster Two Lett. from Late Dissenting Teacher 83 The Laying on of the Hands of the Presbytery does not mean the being ordained by the Hands of a number of Presbyters, but the receiving that Laying on of Hands, which was proper to the Order of the Presbyterate. 1836 J. H. Newman in Brit. Mag. 10 36 His father..rose to the presbyterate in the Church of that city [sc. Laodicea]. 1881 A. P. Stanley Christian Inst. (1884) 36 As the Episcopate became more separate from the Presbyterate. 1928 Times 6 Oct. 7/3 It was agreed that after the union the future ordinations to the presbyterate (ministry) would be performed by laying on of hands of the Bishops and presbyters (ministers). 1985 Abp. R. Runcie Let. 18 Dec. in Times (1986) 1 July 5/3 I am not myself convinced that action should be taken on ordination to the presbyterate by Anglicans alone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † presbyterateadj. Obsolete. rare. Constituted of presbyters or elders. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [adjective] > presbytery > presbyter > composed of presbyterate1853 1853 D. King Expos. & Def. Presbyterian Church Govt. 354 The sole or chief use of presbyterate gatherings is to settle disputes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). presbyteratev. Now rare. transitive. To constitute or organize according to the Presbyterian system, or along Presbyterian lines. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > [verb (transitive)] presbyteratea1648 Presbyterianizea1761 kirkify1857 a1648 G. Gillespie Treat. Misc. Questions (1649) viii. 106 But now when he purposely chooseth the word.., he intimateth somewhat more then that he was an Elder. viz: that he was Presbyterated together with them, as being also of their Presbyteries, or Assemblies of Elders. 1657 J. Humfrey Let. in Cal. Corr. R. Baxter (1991) II. cccxcvii. 267 Discipline..was not to bee exercised by the minister alone and his people, but by a united power of ministers presbyterated (or their delegates, prudent chosen men for such an affaire). 1900 W. A. Shaw Hist. Eng. Ch. II. 126 All the Parliamentary ordinances for the county classes which have survived, only presbytrated or united into the classes, the parish churches or chapels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1641adj.1853v.a1648 |
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