单词 | crypto-catholic |
释义 | > as lemmascrypto-Catholic crypto-Catholic n. and adj. Brit. /ˌkrɪptəʊˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/ , U.S. /ˌkrɪptoʊˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/ ΚΠ 1839 Brit. Critic 26 343 In the ranks of popular Protestantism,..there have been many Crypto-Catholics unknown to themselves. 1854 J. Kingsmill Chapters on Prisons & Prisoners (ed. 3) v. 304 His hands crossed on his breast in the crypto-catholic style. 1960 A. L. Rowse Diary 26 Oct. (2003) 331 Howard was very secretive—a crypto-Catholic, crypto-homo, crypto-everything. 1999 P. S. Gorski in G. Steinmetz State/Culture v. 171 The Calvinist movement had a broad social base and crystallized around opposition to a Catholic (or crypto-Catholic) monarch. < as lemmas |
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