单词 | christmas lord |
释义 | > as lemmasChristmas Lord ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > presiding > at Christmas festivities Lord of Misrule1491 Christmas King1537 Christmas Lord1555 Christmas Prince1598 lieutenant1655 1555 J. Ponet Apologie p. x In playnge the Christmas lords minion in new colledge in Oxford, in thy fooles coat that thow diddest learne thy boldnes, and lost thy witt. 1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 153 In Mert[on] Coll[ege]..the Fellows annually elected, about S. Edmunds day in November, a Christmas Lord, or Lord of misrule. 1905 W. C. Hazlitt Brand's Pop. Antiq. Great Brit.: Faiths & Folklore (rev. ed.) I. 123/1 We learn that no Christmas Lord had been created since 1577. < as lemmas |
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