| 单词 | presbytery-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspresbytery-house 6. The residence of a presbyter or priest; now spec. the residence of a Roman Catholic priest or priests. Also more fully presbytery-house. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > clerical residence (general) > [noun] mansion1444 manse1534 mansion house1546 glebe-house1645 presbytère1734 presbytery1825 parochial house1829 clergy-house1865 1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 33 136 The presbytery of the Moderator differed little either in construction or size from the hovels by which it was surrounded. 1869 Black's Guide to Leamington 86 The services are conducted by members of the order of St. Benedict; and a religious house, or ‘presbytery’, for their accommodation, adjoins the church. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 8/3 He dated his communication from ‘The Presbytery’, as is usual among Roman Catholic clergy. 1902 N. Munro in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 584/1 They walked together to the presbytery-house. 1954 P. Frankau Wreath for Enemy iii. v. 229 In the Presbytery there was a traceable echo from the convent where I went to school. 1985 A. Kenny Path from Rome (1986) xii. 161 The presbytery at Crosby, though quite comfortable, was not at all..expensively equipped. 2004 Irish Independent (Nexis) 28 Oct. He admitted to taking off all his clothes when mother and daughter visited and playing hide and seek in the presbytery house. < as lemmas |
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