单词 | clergion |
释义 | † clergionn. Obsolete. a. A young clerk or member of a clerical order; a chorister or choirboy; also (as in French) a term of depreciation = petty clerk. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > young or petty clergionc1325 clerkling1863 society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun] songereOE childOE clergionc1325 choristerc1360 chanterc1384 quirera1425 choirman1488 singing man1527 clerk1549 chorista1552 songman1599 singing boy1666 sing-man1691 white boy1691 white man1691 choirist1773 secular1786 chorister-boy1817 choirboy1843 c1325 Chron. Eng. 528 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 292 The thridde [partie he sende] to poore cleregouns. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 131 Þe kyng..said..if he had had men, as he wend, of renoun, Þei suld haf venged him of suilk a clergioun [Thos. à Becket]. c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 51 A litel clergeon seuen yeer of age. c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 282/2 At masse serveth but a clergion. b. figurative. Young songster (bird). ΚΠ 1540 Earl of Surrey Descr. Restless State 22 Poems 72 The earth..sendeth forth..her clergions..to mount and fly up to the air Where then they sing in order fair. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1325 |
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