| 单词 | the cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe cloth a. the cloth (colloquial): the clerical profession; the clergy; the office of a clergyman. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > office of clergyc1440 clerkhoodc1449 clerkship?1488 ministration1550 ministry1560 clergyship1620 clericality1660 cassock1687 churchmanship1690 the cloth1709 clericature1725 clericate1869 1709 J. Swift Mrs. Harris's Petition in Baucis & Philemon (new ed.) 13 You know, I honour the Cloth, I design to be a Parson's Wife. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 208 What did I do but went and got..a true priest, and married them both as fast as the cloth could make them. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xi. 43 Snobs-Clerical suggests themselves quite naturally, and..with every respect for the cloth [etc.]. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xiii. 272 That execrable word cloth—used for the office of a clergyman. < as lemmas |
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