单词 | port-glaive |
释义 | Port-glaiven. historical. Now rare. A member of the military and religious Order of the Knights Sword-bearers, founded in Livonia in the early 13th cent.The Order became part of the Teutonic Order in 1238, forming a branch under a provincial master. In 1562 their territory was converted into the hereditary Duchy of Courland under the control of the kings of Poland. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > member of order of knights, etc. > [noun] Templarc1290 hospitallerc1386 Templaryc1460 Rhodian?1482 spittlerc1540 stelliferc1540 Johannite1570 Annunciade1593 Port-glaive1652 sword-bearer1656 turcopole1896 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun] > weapon- or armour-bearer scutifera1400 armourerc1405 harness-man1530 weapon-bearer1535 esquire1553 armour-bearer1560 harness-bearer1563 shield-bearer1603 shield-knave1627 Port-glaive1652 sword-bearer1660 selictar1684 society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > religio-military religious > Knight Sword-bearer > [noun] Port-glaive1652 sword-bearer1656 1652 A. Ross Hist. World sig. Xxxx2 A List of the different sorts of Knights in Christendome, and the Times of their Institution... 1213 Of Portglaive in Livonia, by Innocent 3. 1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) (at cited word) Knights of the Order of the Port~glaive, or Sword-Bearers in Poland, in Latin called Ensiferi. 1787 W. Combe Anderson's Hist. Origin Commerce (rev. ed.) I. 195 The order of the Knights Port-glaives, having united themselves to the Teutonic order, their name was afterwards lost. 1855 A. Potter tr. M. Michelet Mod. Hist. xiii. 298 The order of the knights of Porte-Glaive, conqueror of the Russians..had been independent of the Teutonic Order since 1521. 1901 W. F. Fleming tr. Voltaire Wks. XXIV. i. 21 At this time..a body of religious crusaders, called Port-glaives, or swordbearers, who were afterward incorporated in the Teutonic order, made themselves masters of this province. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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