| 单词 | commander of the faithful |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCommander of the Faithful c. One who exercises authority, a ruler or leader. Commander of the Faithful (cf. admiral n.): a title of the caliphs, first assumed (c640) by Omar I. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [noun] > one who has or exercises command commanderc1384 field marshal1809 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > caliph caliph1393 khalifa1728 Commander of the Faithful1840 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke v. 5 Comaundour, we trauelinge by al the nyȝt token no thing. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 453 He [sc. Lucifer] wald..be him self þair comandur [v.r.Fairf. comaundour]. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 88 Commawndour, preceptor, mandator. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. G2 Be wreakt on him (inuisible commander [sc. Death]). 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 247 King and Commander of our common weale. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 269 The Apostles.. are our Schoolemasters, and not our Commanders. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 434/2 Omar..was also the first who assumed the title of Amír-al-múmenín (commander of the faithful) instead of that of Khalifah-rasuli-llahi (vicar of the messenger of God) which his predecessor Abú Bekr had used. < as lemmas |
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