| 单词 | knight of the golden spur |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKnight of the Golden Spur 1. An order of papal knighthood, first conferred in 1357, (originally) often in conjunction with the title of Count Palatine. Frequently in Knight of the Golden Spur: a member of this order.In 1841, Pope Gregory XVI renamed the order as the Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Militia. In 1905, Pope Pius X divided the order into two, one half taking the name Order of Saint Sylvester and the other reviving the name Order of the Golden Spur. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood > other orders > foreign Golden Spur1672 medjidie1857 1672 E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter ii. 89 Ios. Micheli Marquez calls them Knights of the Golden Spur in Italy, and not getting any certain knowledge of the original of this Order, under that Title, he is content to believe a Relation of some of the Roman Courtiers, who told him that it took beginning in the time of Constantine the Great, and that the Knights had their Title from the nature of their Office, which was to take off the Emperors Spurs. 1754 E. Farneworth tr. G. Leti Life Pope Sixtus V v. 177 To crown all, he made them Knights of the Golden Spur [It. Cavalieri dello Spiron d'Oro] putting a chain of gold about their necks himself. 1814 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. IX. 54/1 In 1484 he was sent ambassador to Pope Innocent VIII, who honoured him with the knighthood of the golden spur and the title of apostolic secretary. 1915 J. G. Rowe Romance Irish Hist. 288 Captain John Kirwan, a veteran of the Papal Guard in Italy, and a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester or the Golden Spur, was shot. 2014 Sun (Nigeria) (Nexis) ̀21 Dec. Papal Orders are not easy to come by... Only one living person is holding the second [highest] one, Order of the Golden Spur. < as lemmas |
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