单词 | penitencer |
释义 | † penitencern. Obsolete (historical in later use). 1. Esp. in the medieval Church: a priest appointed or delegated to hear confession, administer penance, and give absolution in extraordinary cases. Cf. penitentiary n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > confessor > [noun] shriftc897 fatherOE shrift-father?c1225 penancerc1300 confessor1340 shriver1340 penitencera1387 penitentiary?a1475 pentionary1560 confessary1629 confessarius1661 scruple-drawer1701 soul friend1891 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 347 (MED) Þe sixte pope Clement deide..and anon þe popes cheef penytauncer..was i-chosen pope. a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 8 Ledes hir to mi penitancere, For of me has he playn powere. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 118 A Frere Prechour cleped Raymund. He was penytauncer vndir þe pope. c1475 Antichrist & Disciples in J. H. Todd Three Treat. J. Wycklyffe (1851) p. clii (MED) He [sc. Antichrist] & hise tellen more bi strumpetis prestis..& for her wenches & for her children, hem þei wolen not prisoun but make hem pentauncers. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vii. iv. 136 Of them sprong the bastard penitencers in the daies of Ihon the XXII. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Eijv I am a great penytensar, And syt at the pardon. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Penitencer,..the Priest, &c. that enjoyns the offendor his penance. 1674 in 2nd Pilgrim's Bk. (MS Venerable Eng. Coll., Rome) 11 The chiefe end of ye first his comeing, was to be reconcil'd to ye Rom: Cath: Church, as he was, on ye so instant, by ye English Penitentier in St. Peter's. 1892 W. R. Thayer Dawn Ital. Independence II. iv. i. 6 He charged the Secretary of State with having unwarrantably kept secret from him..and from the Grand Penitencer, the imminent death of the late Pope. 2. A person doing penance. Cf. penancer n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing penantc1330 repentantc1390 penitenta1425 penancera1500 repenter1543 penitentiary1563 shrift child1568 penitentionary1577 contritea1600 penitencerc1600 confessanta1603 shriveling1603 confitent1606 confessary1608 penitentiala1633 confessionaire1747 mourner1807 c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 148 Then thay war placit in that part of the kirk appoyntit for publik repentance, as penitenciers [1804 ed. penetenceris]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1387 |
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