单词 | vidame |
释义 | vidamen. Formerly in France, one who held lands from a bishop as his representative and defender in temporal matters. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > one who holds from a bishop vidame1523 lord farmer1707 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > bishop's officials > [noun] > in France: representative or defender of vidame1523 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlv. 25 b/2 The Vydame of Calons dyd marueyles. 1550 in Acts Privy Council (1891) III. 121 Ordre..for the sending of..oone of the Gromes of the Chambre, to be furrer or harbenger to the saide Visdamme. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 252 Neither is there in France any Vidame which holds not of some Bishoprik, vnlesse that of Beauuais,..and from the chief Town of the Bishoprique are the Vidames denominated. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 61 The French Ambassadour in England, solicited her that the Vidame of Chartres..might be deliuered to the King. 1680 G. Mackenzie Sci. Herauldry 87 To Counts, Vidames, and Viscounts [they allow] a direct standing Helmet, with 9 Barrs. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 179 The Advocates and Vidames succeeded the Defenders, and by little and little these last Offices were abolish'd. 1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. 334 They employed a vidame, vice-dominus or commissary. 1802 A. Ranken Hist. France II. 259 They commissioned generally their avoués, or vidames, or some superior vassal, to levy and head the troops of their barony. 1852 J. Stephen Lect. Hist. France I. 131 The advocate or vidame of an ecclesiastical corporation was usually some powerful count. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > bishop's officials > [noun] > in France: representative or defender of > office or position of vidameshipa1641 a1641 H. Spelman Ant. Deeds ii, in Eng. Wks. (1723) II. 242 These Officers obteyned likewise of their Lords the Bishops to have the Office of Vidameship in Fee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1523 |
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