单词 | abbas |
释义 | abbasn. Now historical. A religious or spiritual leader; spec. an abbot. Chiefly as a title of respect. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > abbot > [noun] abboteOE fatherOE Pater Abbasc1400 father abbot1479 abbas1550 abbot-presbyter1641 abbate1750 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles iii. f. cxci Abbas Ioachim saieth in the ende of Ieremye: A great Egle shall come, whiche shall ouercome euery man saue one. 1572 J. Knox Answer to Let. of Tyrie sig. D.vi Abbas Ioachim, a man sometymes of great authoritie and reputation amonges the Papistes. a1641 H. Spelman Reliquiæ Spelmannianæ (1698) 62 The first alteration that I meet with, is in the twenty second year of Hen. II. where Benedict Abbas saith, [etc.]. 1788 R. Henry Hist. Great. Brit. (ed. 2) VI. iii. iv. 143 (margin) Benedict Abbas. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. iv. 149 He became their Abbas or spiritual father. 1907 Catholic Encycl. (1913) I. 16/1 St. Benedict, in his Rule,..restricted the use of the title abbas to the superior of the monastery. 2006 C. Corning Celtic & Rom. Trad. vi. 98 ‘Abbas’ was a title given to bishops, priests, abbots, and monks who were supervisors or overseers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1550 |
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