| 单词 | statute protestant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstatute Protestant statute Protestant n. British (historical and rare after 16th cent.) a person who conforms to the observances and requirements of the Church of England only so far as is required by statute. ΚΠ c1580 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1728) III. i. xiii. 149 He is a great Favourer of one Dyke. Who in his Sermon inveighed against Statute-Protestants, Injunction-Men, and such as love to jump with the Law. a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1595) 594 Statute Protestants, which goe to the Church and heare an homilie, and receiue once a yeare. 1839 H. Soames Elizabethan Relig. Hist. iv. 242 We know of one preacher who inveighed in the pulpit against Statute-Protestants. 2007 B. J. Kaplan Divided by Faith i. 31 From the perspective of reformers, Puritan or Catholic, little separated the church papist from the statute Protestant. < as lemmas |
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