单词 | pseudo-priest |
释义 | > as lemmaspseudo-priest pseudo-priest n. Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdəʊˈpriːst/ , /ˈs(j)uːdəʊˌpriːst/ , U.S. /ˌsudoʊˈprist/ , /ˈsudoʊˌprist/ [after post-classical Latin pseudopresbyter (4th cent.; c1343, 15th cent. in British sources), pseudosacerdos (3rd cent.; 1378 in a British source), in turn probably after Hellenistic Greek ψευδιερεύς; compare also Byzantine Greek ψευδοπρεσβύτερος false priest (5th cent.), also ψευδοπρεσβύτης false elder (4th cent.)] ΚΠ a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 173 (MED) Here it is a skilful þing, ȝif pseudo-preestis prechen amys, þat bishopis letten hem to preche. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine 108 An odious instrument (Jason the Pseudo-Priest) pressed the wearing of them [sc. hats]. 1839 R. Dawes Nix's Mate II. xvi. 157 They became assured that the pseudo priest was no other than the hateful agent of British tyranny, the loathed and detestable Randolph. 1993 Numen 40 191 That pseudo-priest cannot conclude the marriage. < as lemmas |
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