单词 | crown imperial |
释义 | crown imperialn. 1. The crown of an emperor or empress, esp. as distinguished from that of a king or queen; (in extended use) an emperor or empress. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > crown > specific crown imperial1485 Iron Crown1550 crown homager1610 cidaris1658 pschent1814 ocean-crowna1854 turret-crown1886 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. hvi/1 Yf I retorne wythoute to auenge my barons, I shal doo pourely, sythe they haue susteyned & borne vp the crowne Imperyal and my wylle. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xcv. 310 Themperour hath so made his oth and promyse & hath sworne by his crowne imperyall. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. §164. 136v [Diogenes] takyng no lesse pride and glorie of his libertee..then Alexander did of his kyngdome, and croune Emperiall. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. 0. 10 With Crownes Imperiall, Crownes and Coronets, Promis’d to Harry, and his followers. View more context for this quotation 1696 M. Pix Ibrahim iii. 20 She repuls'd whatever i cou'd offer, nor wou'd a diadem or the crown imperial tempt her. 1724 Guillim's Display of Heraldry (ed. 6) 282/1 The Field is Mars, a Crown Imperial Sol. 1771 J. Langhorne Fables of Flora vi. 37 That sway the Crown Imperial fought With high demand and haughty mien. 1842 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Eng. V iv. 330 Having the crown imperial on her head, her sceptre in her right hand, and the orb in her left. 1970 S. E. Lehmberg Reformation Parl. x. 248 The king, his crown imperial glittering, is on the throne. 2003 N. McKenna Secret Life Oscar Wilde (2006) 142 Grandson of Queen Victoria, heir presumptive to the Crown Imperial. 2. A large fritillary of south-west Asia, Fritillaria imperialis (family Liliaceae), bearing a ring of red, orange, or yellow flowers hanging below a terminal leafy tuft, and widely grown as an ornamental plant. Also crown imperial fritillary. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > fritillary Fritillaria1578 crown imperial1595 chequered daffodil1597 guinea-hen flower1597 Persian lily1597 fritillary1633 imperial crown1664 drooping tulip1759 snake's head1859 snake-head1884 snake's-head lily1899 1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. B 2v Fayre Crowne-imperiall, Emperor of Flowers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 126 Bold Oxlips, and The Crowne Imperiall . View more context for this quotation a1637 B. Jonson Pans Anniv. 36 in Wks. (1640) III Bright Crowne-imperiall, Kings-speare, Holy-hocks. 1726 B. Townsend Compl. Seedsman 82 Crown Imperial, all sorts. 1773 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 6) 338 This is still a proper time to remove crown imperial roots. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xx. 180 The conspicuous white nectaries of the crown imperial. 1878 R. Thompson Gardener's Assistant 764 The crown imperial being a strong grower, needs to be planted in a deep rich loam. 1907 Garden 7 Sept. 427/3 Crown Imperials provide height as well as rich hues at an early season. 1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life iii. 62 In Europe, blue tits collect it from the crown imperial fritillary, the only European plant known to be pollinated by a bird. 2004 S. Bales Down-to-earth Gardener 62 The fact that the crown imperial bulb and its flowers smell like rotting meat doesn't deter me from planting it or picking a few blossoms for the house. 3. Architecture. An arched superstructure suggestive of a royal crown, surmounting a square tower (see quot. 1861). Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > superstructure above a roof steeple1815 crown imperial1854 1854 Ecclesiologist Feb. 20 Crowned with a stone spirelet, soaring from a crown imperial of buttresses. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 244 There is a form of spire peculiar to the northern part of our island..I mean the Crown Imperial, or collection of ribs springing from the four angles, or from the four angles and four central points of a square tower, arching over like the crown from which the name is derived and meeting in a point from which a spire or spirelet springs. 1905 T. F. Bumpus Cathedrals Eng. & Wales ii. 47 It was intended to finish the work with a crown imperial like that at St Nicholas, Newcastle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1485 |
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