单词 | child-bishop |
释义 | > as lemmaschild-bishop child-bishop n. = boy bishop n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > presiding > boy-bishop St. Nicholas' bishop1473 child-bishop1570 boy bishop1774 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1188/2 On Childermas day..he offered in Paules Churche at offeryng time, to the child bishop (called S. Nicolas) a dogge for deuotion. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxv. 166/1 The Children every Childermas Day to go to Paul's Church, and hear the Child-Bishop Sermon. 1987 Environmental Rev. 11 3 The world was turned upside-down: a nubile young girl presided as Child-Bishop and the watery-eyed village toper reigned as Lord of Misrule. < as lemmas |
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