单词 | pedary |
释义 | † pedaryn.adj. Obsolete. rare. A. n. A pardon or indulgence for a pilgrim (who had vowed to perform a pilgrimage on foot).Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > remission of penance > [noun] > indulgentiary > pilgrim's pedary1537 1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. Dv Some brought forth Canonizations,..some pardons, & these of wonderful varietie, some Stationaries, some Iubilaryes, some Pocularyes for drinkers, some manuaries for handlers of reliques, some pedaries [L. pedarias] for pilgrimes, some oscularies, for kyssers. B. adj. 1. Roman History. Of a senator: of lower rank; = pedarian adj. ΚΠ 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. xiv. 84 Also many pedary Senators rose vp & stroue, who should propound things most base and abiect. 1716 tr. Tacitus Ann. & Hist. (ed. 2) I. ii. 346 The Consuls, most of the Prætors, and many pedary Senators, strove which should propound Things most base and mean. 2. figurative. Second-rate, inferior. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > second rate pedary1657 secondary1827 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Def. xi. 128 All the School (omnes qui de hac re meminerunt—saith no pedary schoolman) [i.e. Vasquez]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.adj.1537 |
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