| 单词 | town church |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown church town church n. a church located in a town or city, esp. as distinguished from one in a rural area; the church of a particular town (cf. town kirk n. at Compounds 1a(a)(ii)). ΚΠ 1642 in W. T. Mellows Peterborough Local Admin.: Minutes & Accts. Feoffees & Governors (Northants. Rec. Soc.) (1937) 112 John Lovill for a house neare the Towne Church in Combersgate. 1645 S. Eaton & T. Taylor Def. Sundry Positions 11 One Congregation differeth from another, as one small Countrey Chappell differeth from a numerous Towne Church. 1867 Jrnl. Stat. Soc. London 30 109 In many town churches marriages are performed by the score. 1888 P. Schaff Hist. Christian Church VI. xxvii. 136 He preached both in the Convent and in the town-church. 2007 S. Patton Journey into Flaubert's Normandy i. 8/3 The local literary society and chamber of commerce paid for a new tombstone for Delamare's grave, which lies just outside the town church. < as lemmas |
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