单词 | papess |
释义 | papessn. A female pope. Cf. popess n.Often used with reference to the legendary Pope Joan (see Pope Joan n.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] > female popess1529 papess1620 1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie ii. ix. 196 Was the Historie of that their monstrous Papesse of our making? 1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity x. §10. 294 (note) Onuphrius annotations upon this Papess (or Popess). 1866 S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths Middle Ages 170 She is commonly called the Papess Joan. 1872 Catholic World Oct. 57/2 The class of minds that seeks to throw doubt upon S. Peter's residence at Rome..would not hesitate..to introduce again this Papess Joan to their unlearned readers. 1952 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 13 334 Bronze tablets, old monuments, documents and numismatics, are all useful in historical investigation and may enable the historian to explode fictions, as that of the Papess Joan. 1998 Sunday Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Features section) When he discussed the hypothetical medieval papess with Catholic feminists, he found that few were prepared to treat her as an historical figure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1620 |
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