单词 | stibbler |
释义 | † stibblern. Scottish. Obsolete. A licensed probationer who has not yet received a call to a settled ministerial charge. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] > probationary proposant1646 stibbler1721 licentiate1854 1721 A. Ramsay Morning Interview 211 Not the long 'tending stibler, at his call;..E'er knew such raptures as this joyful swain. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vii. 127 Ye sticket stibbler [addressed to Dominie Sampson]. 1865 R. Paul Let. 18 Aug. in B. Bell Mem. R. Paul (1872) xx. 335 Mr. Burns..is away for six weeks, and only a set of young stibblers in his place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1721 |
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