| 单词 | rural dean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrural dean 4. Christian Church. Designating a member of the clergy exercising supervision (under the bishop or archdeacon) over a group of parochial clergy within a division of an archdeaconry. Also: designating the area for which such a person has responsibility. Chiefly in rural dean (= dean n.1 5), rural deanery. Cf. area dean n. at area n. Compounds 2.The rural dean had, in England till the Reformation, and in France till the Revolution, large powers of visitation, administration, and jurisdiction. In the Anglican Church the office and title became almost obsolete from the 16th cent., but after 1835 were revived for purposes of diocesan organization. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > rural dean > [noun] deanc1380 pleban1481 rural dean1511 dean of Christianity1695 area dean1972 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > rural dean > [noun] > district of rural dean deanerya1440 decanerya1552 rural deanery1642 decanate1835 1511 in C. Rogers Hist. Chapel Royal Scotl. (1882) 91 Payand procuragis and synnagis and mak the dene rurale expensys in visitacoun as efferys. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 809 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 The dene Rurale ye Ravyn reprovit him yan. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 216 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 101 The ravyne..Was dene rurale to reid. 1534 Const. Provinc. 2 3 deanes rurall. c1628 in H. Foley Rec. Eng. Province Soc. of Jesus (1877) I. i. 137 Vicaires Generalls,..deanes, archdeacons, rurall deanes. 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 91 The rurall Deanery. 1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 104 Bishop Lloyd went so far..as to name Rural Deans in every Deanry of the Diocese. 1763 R. Burn Eccl. Law I. 476 These rural officers in some deanries have become extinct. 1862 Caledonian Mercury 6 Dec. 3/4 I trust he will just keep his snug appointment at Henley-upon-Thames, and enjoy his rural Deanship. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlvii. 37 In such a preliminary inquiry any three clergymen will suffice. It need not be done by the rural dean at all. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlvii. 39 You will select two [clergymen] yourself out of your rural deanery. 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xii. 199 The world of motor-cars and Rural Deans receded illimitably. 1972 Times 4 July 19/4 Under reorganization of the Hull Deanery, the Bishop of Hull..also to be Rural Dean of Hull. 1997 Oxoniensia 61 301 Master Robert of Clipston, appears to have been promoted from a rural deanery in Gloucestershire to..act as a leading papal judge delegate. < as lemmas |
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