单词 | scarlet lady |
释义 | > as lemmasscarlet lady scarlet lady n. an abusive epithet applied to the Church of Rome in allusion to Revelation xvii. 1–5. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective mother churchOE mother kirkc1430 whore1530 Lady of Rome1574 Western Church1577 west1586 scarlet whore1590 Lady of Babylon1605 red letter1608 scarlet lady1807 scarlet woman1816 Latinism1920 1807 S. Smith P. Plymley's Lett. ii I will not dispute with you whether the Pope be or be not the Scarlet Lady of Babylon. 1873 Punch 23 Aug. 72/2 Let us be just even to the Scarlet Lady. < as lemmas |
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