presbytery
英 ['prezb?t(?)r?]
美['pr?zb?t?ri]
- n. 長老（總稱）；長老會教務(wù)評議會；長老會轄區(qū)；神父的宅邸
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?presbyteries;
中文詞源
presbytery 長老會（蘇格蘭國教）來自presbyter,長老，-y,集合名詞后綴。引申詞義長老會，蘇格蘭國教，因蘇格蘭國教由長老領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，而不像其它基督教教會由主教領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。
英文詞源
- presbytery (n.)
- "part of a church reserved for the clergy," early 15c., from Church Latin presbyterium, from Greek presbyterion, from presbyteros "an elder" (see Presbyterian). Meaning "body of elders in the Presbyterian system" is recorded from 1570s.
雙語例句
- 1. He had learned from that scene in the presbytery with Frank long ago.
- 他從很久以前與弗蘭克在神父私邸發(fā)生的爭吵中吸取了教訓(xùn).
來自辭典例句