scruple-shop

短语

词形变化

scruple-shops 复数 scruple-shops

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A place where religious matters are debated, particularly with the aim of relieving participants of their scruples of conscience.

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词源

Compound of scruple + shop. Originally applied derogatorily by Oxford students to a particular group of seven Presbyterian ministers who established weekly meetings to discuss questions of conscience in Oxford in 1646.

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