单词 | preaching cross |
释义 | > as lemmaspreaching cross preaching cross n. now historical a cross set up outdoors as a place from which to preach. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > cross in open place preaching cross1819 1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. 574/1 Preaching Cross, a cross erected in the highway for the purpose of preaching. 1867 J. G. Nichols Hist. from Marble 91 The Preaching Cross of the Blackfriars, said to have been erected circ. 1350. 1923 Times 24 Sept. 15/5 In the midst of the city an ancient preaching cross still stands. 1999 Church Times 22 Jan. 7/1 There has been a faith community here since the setting up of the first preaching cross over 1300 years ago. < as lemmas |
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