单词 | man of religion |
释义 | > as lemmasman (woman, etc.) of religion P1. man (woman, etc.) of religion: a person bound by religious vows, as a monk or nun; a member of the clergy. Now historical. [Probably after Anglo-Norman home de religiun, Anglo-Norman and Old French home de religion (c1227; Middle French, French homme de religion), and Anglo-Norman gent de religiun, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French gent de religion (1275 or earlier in Anglo-Norman; French gent de religion), although attested slightly earlier. With woman of religion compare Middle French dame de religion nun (1364 or earlier), and also Anglo-Norman dame de religiun abbess, prioress (1328 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun] monkeOE brotherOE claustermanc1175 man (woman, etc.) of religiona1200 cloister-monkc1325 friarc1330 son1416 religion manc1475 pater1481 abbey man1483 scapularc1540 monach?c1550 cloister-man1581 monastic1632 cowlist1637 religieux?a1649 religioso1708 saint1888 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 49 (MED) Ac þis loc [sc. of perfection] ne haueð non to offren bute þese lif holie men of religiun. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5735 (MED) King edgar & seint aþelwold..An oþer hous..hii rerde of seinte marie, Of womman of religyon & made a nonnerye. c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 8 (MED) By his heued ben bitokned gode prelates of holy chirche. By þe heer þe Men of Religioun [Fr. la gent de religiun] þat shullen ben white þorouȝ holynesse. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 7 (MED) Renkez of relygioun þat reden and syngen And aprochen to hys presens and prestez arn called..Þay hondel þer [sc. at the altar] his aune body and usen hit boþe. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 360 Nune, womann of relygione, monialis, monacha. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 3192 (MED) The cheff vyker..Haue set..Somme folkys of relygyon Hys offys to excersyce. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 310 This bischope and the lordis of reliegieoun..gaif sentance against this innocent man. 1670 J. Evelyn tr. Moral Pract. Jesuites 296 The Iesuites..might practise on him the Doctrine of their Father Amy, who allows a man of Religion to kill him who publishes things scandalous of his Order. a1707 W. Petyt Jus Parliamentarium (1739) i. 57 Others which had Offices perpetual, should be as perpetual as People of Religion. 1809 Amer. Law Jrnl. Jan. 57 The whole of this statute is in force, except those parts which relate to Prelates, men of Religion, and writs of attaint. 1878 ‘Ouida’ Friendship III. xxxi. 46 As women of religion, with the red cross on their breasts, bend over the wide war-wounds of naked men, so she beheld corruption. 1911 G. Hodges Saints & Heroes 239 The principal business of a man of religion,—a priest, a monk, or a friar,—was to say prayers. 1996 L. M. Bitel Land of Women viii. 168 Their stories of lustfully wayward women of religion. < as lemmas |
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