单词 | abthane |
释义 | abthanen. Scottish History. 1. A senior thane (thane n.1 4). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > thane > [noun] > superior abthanea1525 a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 259/9 Quhen malcome [II of Scotland] was deid duncan his newo of his doughter beatrix [i.e. Bethóc] and his fader' was callit abthan of dowe was crownit. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 453, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Than Abthane was the principale of thanis and cheif of thame under the king. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 285 Som interpret their Thane by..Steward; and deliuer that the chief Steward of Scotland was called Abthan. 1690 tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. vii. 206 Grimus [i.e. Crínán],..the Chief of all other Thanes, and therefore styled in that Age, Abthane. 1739 D. Stewart Hist. & Geneal. Acc. Royal Family Scotl. i. i. 5 Beatrix married Crin, or Crynen, Ardthane or Abthane..of Dul and Western Isles. 1793 Eng. Rev. Jan. 16 Duncan, we think, terminated the title of Abthane, by dividing the two offices annexed to it. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. X. 497 Subsequently to his [sc. Malcolm III's] time, we find the antiquated title of Abthane giving way to that of Steward of Scotland. 1872 W. F. Skene tr. Fordun's Chron. iv. xxxix He [sc. Malcolm II] had no offspring but an only daughter, named Beatrice, who married Crynyne, Abthane of Dul, and Steward of the Isles [L. Crynyne abthano de Dul ac insularum senescallo]..Abthane is the superior of the Thanes [L. abthanus quasi thanorum supremus], or their lord under the king. 1926 William & Mary Q. 6 65 By right of his inheritance and personality he [sc. Crinus, i.e. Crínán] was Abthane of Dule, the highest title of honour then given in Scotland. 1998 Prince Michael of Albany Forgotten Monarchy of Sc. iii. 29 Dull was the primary seat of the Celtic Church in Scotland, and it was held by the Kings of Scots in their capacity as Lay Abbots of Dunkeld and Abthanes of Dull. 2. In the early Scottish church: an abbacy; the lands of an abbey. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastic land > [noun] abthanery1796 abthane1880 1880 W. F. Skene Celtic Scotl. III. vii. 271 By King David the Second the bailiary of the abthain of Dull was granted to John Drummond. 1907 Catholic Encycl. I. 75/1 Many of these abthains passed into the hands of laymen, and were transmitted from father to son. 1960 G. W. S. Barrow Acts Malcolm IV, King Scots 186 Confirms to Matthew, archdeacon of St Andrews, the grant made to him by King David I in the abthain of Rossie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1525 |
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