单词 | roll-bearer |
释义 | > as lemmasroll-bearer roll-bearer n. historical a monk charged with the duty of visiting religious institutions in order to gather on a roll prayers for the soul of a recently deceased bishop, abbot, etc. ΚΠ 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. 381 A messenger, called from his office the Roll-bearer, carried it. 1904 Proc. Cambr. Antiq. Soc. 384 Entries of the ecclesiastical houses visited by the roll-bearer for the purpose of gaining prayers. 1991 P. D. Johnson Equal in Monastic Profession 97 The roll bearer wandered around in a somewhat haphazard fashion, in some towns stopping at practically every religious institution. < as lemmas |
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