| 单词 | the clerk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe clerk b. Hence, since the Reformation, applied to laymen who perform such of these offices as are retained in cathedrals, churches, or chapels. In the Prayer-book of 1549 the clerks were the choir men; in later times, the clerk, or parish clerk, is the lay officer of a parish church, who has charge of the church and precincts, and assists the clergyman in various parts of his duties, e.g. by leading the people in responses, assisting at baptisms, marriages, etc. In other senses, usually with some distinctive epithet, as Bible clerk, a scholar who reads the Scripture lessons in some ancient college chapels; lay clerk, a singing man in some cathedrals and college chapels; singing clerk, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun] songereOE childOE clergionc1325 choristerc1360 chanterc1384 quirera1425 choirman1488 singing man1527 clerk1549 chorista1552 songman1599 singing boy1666 sing-man1691 white boy1691 white man1691 choirist1773 secular1786 chorister-boy1817 choirboy1843 society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > clerk > [noun] > of parish parish clerkc1390 town clerk?1527 church clerk1535 clerk1549 lay clerk1786 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxiv The Priest shall saye, or els the Clerkes shal syng. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxvi Where there be Clerkes, thei shall syng one, or many of the sentences aboue written. 1564 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xli. 463 To every parish belongeth I. A parson, or vicar, or both, or a curate under him. II. A clerk, to read, write, sing, and say. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. v. 21 To th' Church take the Priest, Clarke, and some sufficient honest witnesses. View more context for this quotation 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 82 To go to the Clark of Ferry-Hinksey for ye Parish Register. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 409 The true Original of those we now call Parish Clerks..at first intended as Clerks-Assistant to him that had the Cure. 1727 Country-post in J. Swift et al. Misc. II. 290 The deceased Wife of the Singing Clerk of this Place. a1800 W. Cowper Names of Little Note 14 There goes the parson, oh! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk! 1850 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (ed. 2) II. 86 There was no clerk, the Bishop read the responses and gave out the psalms, seeming to us, at first to be performing the office of clerk. 1879 M. Oliphant Within Precincts II. xviii. 24 He..had been a chorister and had progressed into a lay-clerk. 1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 169 New College (Chapel): Organist, Schoolmaster, Lay-clerks, Choristers. 1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 189 Magdalen Coll.: Organist, Clerks, Choristers. 1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 219 Christ Ch.: Organist, Singing men, Choristers. 1890–1 Kelly's Oxford Directory 60/1 All Souls College... Provision is made by these statutes for a warden, fifty fellows, two chaplains, and four bible clerks. < as lemmas |
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