| 单词 | the confessor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Confessor b. the Confessor: = King Edward the Confessor, canonized in 1161. ΚΠ c1125 William of Malmesbury De Gestis Regum Angl. ii. §196 (heading) De Sancto Eadwardo Tertio, Rege et Confessore. c1245 Estoire de St. Aedw. le Rei 4486 (Rolls) 151 Li seint Cumfessur, Aedward li rois.] 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 98 Good Edward, from the rest Of that renowned name by Confessor expressed. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 144 I confesse I understand not how the name Confessour is proper to King Edward. 1821 W. Wordsworth Norman Conquest in Eccl. Sonn. i. xxxi. The woman-hearted Confessor prepares The evanescence of the Saxon line. 1878 E. Thompson Hist. Eng. vii. §3. 1889 W. Hunt in Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 13/2 At the coronation of Henry III, in 1236, the Confessor's sword was carried before the king by the Earl of Chester. < as lemmas |
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