单词 | mariavite |
释义 | Mariaviten.adj. Chiefly historical. A. n. A member of a mystical Polish Christian sect professing particular devotion to Virgin Mary, founded in 1906.The sect was recognized by the Polish Duma in 1911 and enjoyed a few years' prosperity thereafter, but declined in numbers and influence in the early 1920s. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > Roman Catholic sects and groups > [noun] > Mariavite Marianite1906 Mariavite1906 1906 Tablet 9 June 897/2 Some priests..had founded, without permission from their lawful superiors, a kind of pseudo-monastic society, known as the Mariavites or Mystic Priests. 1911 Catholic Encycl. XII. 196/1 In Russian Poland the sect of Mariavites, during the years 1905–08 attracted much attention. 1975 Church Times 31 Oct. 6/5 A brilliantly able Polish academic..has compiled a thorough account of an undeniably weird Christian heretical sect, the Mariavites, founded early in this century in his native land and still..numbering tens of thousands of Polish adherents. B. adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to the sect of Mariavites. ΚΠ 1906 Tablet 9 June 898/2 The so-called Mariavite priests who are in good faith may no longer be led astray. 1964 P. F. Anson Bishops at Large xi. 517 The Russian Duma gave official recognition to the Mariavite Church in 1911. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1906 |
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