| 单词 | bridge maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbridge maker bridge maker n. a builder or designer of bridges; (figurative) a person who connects or reconciles different things; cf. bridge-builder n.Earliest attested in a surname. [In use with reference to the pope (see quot. 1611) after post-classical Latin pontifex pope, bishop, understood to mean lit. ‘bridge-maker’ (see pontifex n. and the discussion at that entry).] ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] popeeOE apostoilec1275 vicary1303 vicar1340 bridge maker1341 Antichristc1370 vicar generalc1386 Holy Fatherc1400 servant of the servants of Godc1405 His Holy Fatherhood?a1425 universal bishopc1475 holiness1502 harlot1535 papa1555 Apostolic seat1560 vicegerent1572 man of Rome1581 pontiff1583 bullman1588 apostolicship1599 Pontifex Maximus1610 infallibleship1613 sanctity1633 popeship1641 decretaliarch1656 blessedness1670 Holy seata1674 infallibilityship1679 pontifexa1680 holyshipc1680 unholiness1682 His Infallibility1834 Pape1927 1341 Patent Roll, 15 Edward III, Part 2 (P.R.O.: C 66/204) m. 4 Venit quidam Semannus le Bruggemakere qui sequitur pro rege [etc.]. 1611 H. Broughton Require of Agreement 76 The Bridge-maker [i.e. pontiff] of Rome is blamed of Saint Paul. 1777 J. Lovell Let. 24 July in G. Washington Papers (2000) Revolutionary War Ser. X. 387 A few Bridge & Causeway-makers would answer all the ends of military Engineers. 1835 Penny Mag. 15 Aug. 314/1 In those dark ages most of the monastic orders were..the pioneers of civilization; they were the greatest road and bridge makers then in existence. 1982 P. C. Albert, in P. C. Albert & F. Malino Ess. Mod. Jewish Hist. ii. v. 140 (note) Isidor's self-image as a bridge-maker between tradition and modernity. 2018 i (Nexis) 18 Aug. 31 But singling out one bridge maker would be unfair. In Italy there have been 10 highway and bridge collapses in the past five years. < as lemmas |
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