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单词 alcantarine
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Alcantarineadj.n.

Brit. /alˌkantəˈriːn/, U.S. /ælˌkæntəˈrin/
Forms: 1700s– 1800s Alcanterine, 1800s– Alcantarine.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: proper name Alcántara , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < Alcántara, the name of the hometown of the founder of the order, situated in western Spain + -ine suffix1, after Italian alcantarino (1755 or earlier) and its etymon Spanish alcantarino (1601 or earlier), adjectives.
A. adj.
Of, belonging, or relating to an austere order of Franciscan Observantine friars, founded in 1556 by St Peter of Alcántara, or an order of Franciscan nuns later modelled upon it.
ΚΠ
1783 H. Swinburne Trav. in Two Sicilies I. 239 Near the Alcanterine convent is a small hillock.
1821 tr. Trav. Cosmo III 45 He had founded a monastery of Alcanterine monks, in whose conversation he found his greatest pleasure.
1860 F. W. Faber Precious Blood vi. 293 The Venerable Maria Francesca of the Five Wounds, an Alcantarine nun at Naples.
1911 A. Brennan Life St. Lawrence of Brindisi xvi. 147 The Fathers of St. Giles, who belonged to the Alcantarine Reform, were delighted to receive him [sc. Father Lawrence] as their guest.
a1981 V. Lincoln Teresa (1984) li. 259 Franciscans in revolt against Peter of Alcántara's movement..literally demolished the largest and most thriving Alcantarine monastery in Spain.
2005 J. L. Seydl G. Tiepolo 64/1 In Tiepolo's sketch, Pascal Baylon, in black Alcantarine robes, kneels before a vision of the Eucharist.
B. n.
A member of the Alcantarine order of friars, or of the Alcantarine nuns modelled on it.
ΚΠ
1831 Encycl. Americana V. 287/2 The Alcantarines, who follow the reforms introduced by Peter of Alcantara, and go with their feet entirely bare.
1855 G. S. Faber Blessed Sacrament iv. vii. 558 Sister Francesca of the Five Wounds, an Alcantarine of Naples,..was often seen raised from the ground.
1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 1052/1 He [sc. Peter of Alcántara] realized his exalted ideals of austerity in the little convent at Pedroso, founded c1556, on which his congregation, the ‘Alcantarines’, was subsequently modelled.
1989 Encycl. Brit. IX. 330/2 An austere form of Franciscan life known as the Alcantarines or Discalced (i.e., barefooted).
2005 J. L. Seydl G. Tiepolo 75/1 Joaquin de Eleta, the Alcantarine in charge of the Aranjuez commission, was a great supporter of Maria de Jesús de Agreda's cause.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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