| 单词 | spiritual court |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspiritual court spiritual court n. [compare Middle Dutch hof spirituel, Middle French court espirituelle (late 14th cent.)] a religious court; esp. one having jurisdiction over matters of canon law and ecclesiastical affairs. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > [noun] chaptera1300 Court Christianc1405 spiritual court1481 bum-court1544 Court of Christianity1573 church court1644 court1864 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 44 Yf ye saue me harmles in the spirituel court. 1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 131 Neither the Chancery,..nor the Spiritual Courts, nor the Cheats in trade. 1758 in W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (1765) I. 20 This appears in a particular manner from the spiritual courts of all denominations. 1815 J. Arbuthnot Hist. Acct. Peterhead 51 The funds of the Kirk box arise from the weekly collections, and the fines imposed on delinquents, who have been convicted of incontinence by the Spiritual Court. 1977 Studia Hibernica 17 154 The affected parson could..bring suit in a spiritual court for subtraction of tithes. 2006 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 13 The Chancellor sits as a judge of the spiritual court of a diocesan bishop, which is held in places like a cathedral or chapter house of the diocese. < as lemmas |
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