单词 | ceroferary |
释义 | ceroferaryn. rare. a. = cerofer n. [in French céroferaire] . ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > acolyte > [noun] > bearing candle cierge-bearerc1450 taperer?c1450 cierger1624 ceroferaryc1650 cerofer1884 a636 Isidore Orig . vii. xii. 29 Acolythi Græce, Latine ceroferarii dicuntur, a deportandis cereis, quando legendum est Evangelium, aut sacrificium offerendum.] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxi. 1323 Þey þat serueþ in chirche of wexe candels ben ycleped ceroferarii. c1650 Fuller in Webster's Dict. Eng. Lang. (1886) Ceropherary, a servant of inferior grade in a church, whose office is to carry the candles in religious ceremonies; an acolyte. Categories » b. A candlestick, candelabrum [= Latin cēroferārium] (This sense is given without quotation in modern dictionaries.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1398 |
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