| 单词 | priest-worker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspriest-worker priest-worker n. [originally after French prêtre-ouvrier (1906 in the name of the Alliance des prêtres-ouvriers, or earlier)] (originally and chiefly with reference to France) a Roman Catholic priest who earns his living by doing manual or industrial work, esp. during the period after the Second World War (now chiefly historical); (also more widely) any priest engaged, typically part-time, in secular work; cf. worker priest n. at worker n. Compounds 2c. ΚΠ 1908 Donahoe's Mag. Jan. 65 (heading) Priest-workers in France. 1947 C. H. Bishop France Alive v. 70 The only thing to do was for priests to make their own living by manual labor... Father ‘N’ knows of ten young workmen who want to become priest-workers. 1969 Social Res. 36 244 There is a growing class consciousness among these priest-workers [in Chile], who..emphasize simply living with the poor, working at secular trades and participating in community enterprises. 1970 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 11/3 The Anglican church makes a distinction between worker-priests, who exercise a priestly function at their workplace, and priest-workers, who do an ordinary job, then return to parish work, usually as curate, in their ‘spare time’. 2013 F. J. Coppa Life & Pontificate of Pope Pius XII 259 He pleased conservatives but upset liberals by suppressing the priest workers in France. < as lemmas |
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