单词 | centuriator |
释义 | Centuriatorn. Church History. Any of the authors of the Centuries of Magdeburg (see century n. 4). Usually in plural. Cf. Centurist n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > Protestant who compiled church history Centuriator1575 Magdeburgian1582 century writer1584 Centurist1585 1575 Exam. Whytgiftes Censures 39 The Centuryators..shewe in the fourth Centurye, that there were Archbyshopes in S. Ambrose his tyme. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. xx. (Annot.) The Magdeburgian Centuriators..affirme that the virgin Marie sinned greuously. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. 491 The innumerable errors in the matter which have been observed by the centuriators of Magdeburg. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 93 He particularly answers the Objections of the Centuriators. 1799 H. Kelt Hist. Interpreter of Prophecy II. ii. 225 For a more particular account of the actions and sufferings of these witnesses, or martyrs, see Flaccius Illyricus, the Centuriators of Magdeburg, Uther,..and other authors. 1841 L. Coleman tr. J. C. W. Augusti Antiq. Christian Church Introd. 18 The spirit of the Magdeburg Centuriators is passing away,..and a purer and nobler order of historians is rising up to adorn and bless the church. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Sept. 1/2 The painstaking criticism of the Magdeburg Centuriators. 1930 P. Smith Hist. Mod. Culture ix. 261 Even the passionate bias with which the Centuriators approached every subject could not often relieve the deadly dullness with which they endowed almost everything they touched. 1971 R. L. Wilken Myth of Christian Beginnings v. 111 To answer the question ‘Why did the apostolic faith almost disappear?’ the centuriators single out the papacy as the primary cause. 2010 Archival Sci. 10 254 The Centuriators would later ask Bale to review their English history to ensure that no crucial sources had been overlooked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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