单词 | unepiscopal |
释义 | unepiscopaladj. 1. Not controlled by bishops; not episcopalian in character or government. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [adjective] > not unepiscopal1659 unprelatic?1719 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα Embleme Trees sig. ** 2 He never set up any soveraign and unepiscopal Presbytery as an Idol or Moloch. 1863 A. Blomfield Mem. Bp. Blomfield I. xi. 298 The High-Church party..looked with dislike..upon any display of friendly feeling towards an un-episcopal Church. 2. Not pertaining to or befitting a bishop. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adjective] > not like a bishop unepiscopala1661 unbishoply1865 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wilts. 150 If any say, this was an un-episcopal act; know, he did it not as Bishop, but as Lord Treasurer. 1716 M. Davies Diss. Author & Oecon. Lat. Drama 34 in Athenæ Britannicæ III They could not have pleas'd the Dissenters..better, than by such Un-episcopal Ravings. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 55 The sayings and doings of his early unepiscopal days were remembered. 1897 J. W. Clark Observ. Priory Barnwell Introd. 20 The Bishop lost his temper, and used very un~episcopal language. Derivatives uneˈpiscopally adv. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adverb] > not unepiscopally1886 1886 Manch. Examiner 6 Jan. 3/1 The unepiscopally explicit declaration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1659 |
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