单词 | salesian |
释义 | Salesianadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to St. Francis of Sales (1567–1622), Roman Catholic mystic, or to communities founded by him or living according to his rule, as the nuns of the order of the Visitation founded in 1610 under his direction, and societies founded by St. John Bosco for the rescue of poor and neglected children. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Salesian > [adjective] Salesian1836 1836 Account Conversion of L.T.H. to Holy Catholic Church 18 Till I had examined the Rules and visited a Convent of Salesian Nuns. 1884 H. B. Mackey tr. St. Francis de Sales Treat. Love of God (ed. 6) p. xxxiii S. Francis also had his special characteristics, which, therefore, are not French but Salesian. 1884 Month Jan. 58 All his Salesian houses are managed on the same system... One word of sorrow, on the part of the Salesian Father, is enough to stop a boy who is about to do wrong. 1890 Lady Martin tr. Villefranche Life Dom Bosco xx. 232 His first missionary expedition..included ten priests and coadjutor Salesian Brothers. 1912 F. M. Capes Gemma Galgani 15 The Order of Salesian sisters in Lucca. 1928 J. Brodrick Life & Wk. Cardinal Bellarmine I. ix. 182 There is an added quality in his work, a characteristic Salesian grace which is the best part of it. B. n. A follower of St. Francis of Sales or a member of a Salesian order; a Brother or Sister of one of the orders founded by St. John Bosco. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Salesian > [noun] Salesian1884 1884 Month Jan. 46 His [sc. Bosco's] institution henceforth went by the name of ‘The Oratory of St. Francis of Sales’, and his co-labourers were called ‘Salesians’. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIII. 399/1 The Salesians established themselves at Battersea in London. 1930 Tablet 4 Oct. 425/1 This learned and zealous Salesian is already known as one of the ablest men in the Church to-day. 1964 F. D. Parker Central Amer. Republics vi. 179 Five Franciscans and one Salesian. 1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 190/2 St. John Bosco (1815–88)... In 1859 he founded the ‘Pious Society of St. Francis de Sales’, commonly known as the ‘Salesians’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1836 |
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