单词 | relief minister |
释义 | > as lemmasRelief minister a. Of, belonging, or relating to the Relief movement (see sense 9b), as Relief minister, Relief presbytery, Relief synod, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > Relief church Relief minister1767 1767 Scots Mag. 29 499/1 Three more ministers have been settled in Relief Congregations. 1768 Scots Mag. 30 277 A sentence was pronounced against Mr. William Cruden,..now Relief minister at Glasgow. 1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees vii. 198 The inflamed gout of polemical controversy..had gumfiated every mental joint and member of that zealous prop of the Relief Kirk. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. viii. 428 The Relief Synod..now comprehends 10 presbyteries including 107 congregations. 1897 J. Wright Scenes Sc. Life 37 James was a faithful member of the ‘Relief body’. 1978 W. L. Lingle & J. W. Kuykendall Presbyterians (rev. ed.) iv. 45 In 1900 the Free Church of Scotland joined the United Presbyterian Church, itself a merger of the Relief Synod with other smaller groups. 2005 Fife Free Press (Nexis) 9 Sept. The plate is dated 1771 and the group has scriptures which suggest a relief Kirk..formed in Cupar a year earlier. < as lemmas |
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