单词 | celsitude |
释义 | † celsituden. Obsolete (exc. humorous). 1. a. Lofty position, high rank; dignity, eminence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] athelc885 highnesseOE brightnessOE thrumOE worshipOE highship?c1225 nobleyec1300 pridec1330 realtya1375 rialtya1375 greatnessc1384 nobletya1387 magnificencec1390 regalya1393 greatheada1400 hautesse1399 lordliness1440 celsitudec1450 excelsitudec1470 state1488 princeliness1545 kingliness1548 royalty1548 amplitudec1550 grandity1589 grandeur1600 glory1613 majesticalness1613 augusteity1615 grandezza1629 augustness1644 raisedness1645 celsity1656 splendidnessa1657 grandness1663 exaltedness1730 halo1813 queenliness1831 aureole1852 magnateship1916 c1450 Crt. of Love lxxxviii Honour to thee..Goddess of love, and to thy celsitude. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 81 Ioy be and grace onto thi selcitud. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 22/2 Thys celsitude and regalitie of ye Pope. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Yy4v See what Celsitud of honor Plinius secundus attributeth to Traiane. View more context for this quotation 1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 121 It doth over-shadow them all with the top of its celsitude. b. As a title or form of address; = highness n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] yea1225 my Lordc1300 seigniorc1330 squire1382 noblessec1390 lordship1394 grace1423 gentlenessc1425 magnificencec1425 noblenessc1425 greatness1473 worshipc1475 your mightinessa1500 excellency?1533 celsitude1535 altitude1543 Your Honour1551 sublimity1553 excellencea1592 captal1592 gentleperson1597 clemencya1600 gravity1618 grace1625 grandeur1632 eximiousness1648 professorship1656 prince1677 excellenceshipc1716 Graceship1804 seigniorship1823 valiancy1828 your seignorie1829 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 177 I beseik, he said, thi celsitude, Exerce thi strenth. 1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 265 His Celsitude gave him men to guard him. 2. Loftiness, exaltation; exalted character. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] nobleyec1300 noblenessa1382 celsitude1570 raisedness1645 heroicalness1647 celsity1656 exaltedness1659 heroism1672 loftinessa1677 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1217/2 Whose..celsitude of minde no man..may sufficiently expresse. 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist 185 Such a celsitude of spirit. a1761 W. Law Behmen's Wks. (1765) 14 Sensibility, Finding, and Celsitude. 3. Height, tallness. (Now humorous.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] longitude?a1425 grandeurc1500 tallness1535 procerity1550 pre-eminence1589 celsitude1678 properness1706 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level > great or considerable highnesseOE heighta1400 tallness1535 excelsity1623 precipice1650 celsitude1678 loftiness1781 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Celsitude, tallness, heighth. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Celsitude, Highness, Height, Talness. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. i. 13 Peter Peebles in his usual plenitude of wig and celsitude of hat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450 |
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