单词 | cellaress |
释义 | cellaressn. Now historical. A woman (esp. a nun) in a convent or similar establishment charged with the safe keeping and distribution of provisions. Cf. cellar n.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > cellarer cellarer?a1300 cellara1425 cellaressa1425 sous-cellarer1426 cellarman1547 cellar keeper1591 cellarist1622 cellar master1826 society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > cellarer > [noun] > female cellaressa1425 a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 23 (MED) Þat te celeresse sal be chosin of þe cuuent. 1517 R. Fox tr. St. Benedict Rule xxxi. sig. D.vi The Selleresse of the monastery muste be chosen oon of the couent, wyse, rype in goode maners, sobre, no great eter,..not prodigall. c1660 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1872) (modernized text) 1st Ser. vi. 277 The Cellaress and Sick Mistress..remained there. 1802 T. D. Fosbroke Brit. Monachism I. ii. 158 The cellaress of the Gilbertine nuns. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed i, in Tales Crusaders II. 4 The venerable mother might be seen..now giving orders to the gardener..now to her cellaress. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon II. iv. 105 A bunch of keys, which gave her a pleasant chatelaine look, compounded of a cellaress in a nunnery. 1917 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 17 188 Often it fell to the cellarer, also a monk, to go round the manors and hold the courts. But this was impossible for an abbess or cellaress. 1996 J. A. K. McNamara Sisters in Arms (1998) iii. x. 281 The cellaress..supervised the nuns in cooking for the whole community. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1425 |
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