| 单词 | crossbearer |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : cross-bearern. > as lemmasˈcross-ˈbearer I. One who bears, wears, or carries a cross. 1. An attendant who carries a cross in a procession or religious ceremony; he who bears an archbishop's cross before him. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > acolyte > [noun] > bearing cross crosier1393 cross-bearer1569 crucifer1574 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 58 Thomas Becket..through the instigation of certain about him, but chiefely of his crosse bearer. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 280 The Crosse bearer on horse, with two Priests on each hand a foote. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 94 He has..the Bishop of Rochester (Time was) for his Cross-bearer. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 170 Besides a cross-bearer and a flag-bearer, there were..a score of regular attendants, all carrying lighted tapers. 2. One who wears a cross in sign of a vow; spec. applied to certain officers of the Inquisition pledged to prosecute heretics. ΚΠ 1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition I. 191 There is another sort of them, called Cross-Bearers, instituted by Dominick, to whom he gave such Constitutions..as obliges them vigorously to prosecute Hereticks. 3. figurative. One who ‘takes up his cross’ and follows Christ. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] christenmaneOE limbc1000 christenOE disciplec1325 Christianc1330 member of Christc1384 Nazarenec1384 saintc1384 Nazarite1535 cross-bearera1569 Nasrani1583 Nazaritan1609 Galilean1611 Nasara1792 Xtian1940 a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) sig. Q4 Make vs true Crosse-bearers and followers of thee. II. ˈcross-ˈbearer. [ < cross adj., cross- comb. form 1b(a)] 4. (See quot. 1874.) ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cross-bearer, the transverse bars supporting the grate-bars of a furnace. < see also as lemmas |
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