单词 | custos of the holy land |
释义 | > as lemmasCustos of the Holy Land b. (The title of) a senior member of the Franciscan order with custodial responsibility over the sites of Christian pilgrimage in the Holy Land. Also more fully Custos of the Holy Land. ΚΠ 1722 J. Stevens Hist. Antient Abbeys I. 122/1 B. James, Custos of the Holy Land, was slain for the Christian Faith by the Saracens. 1759 tr. J. Æ. van Egmont & J. Heyman Trav. through Europe, Asia Minor I. xxv. 376 The father guardian..still retains the post of custos, or keeper of mount Zion, though the Turks do not at present suffer the Christians to set their foot on it. 1841 E. Robinson & E. Smith Biblical Res. Palestine II. viii. 88 The Intendant or Principal of all the Convents, with the rank of an Abbot, and the title of ‘Guardian of Mount Zion and Custos of the Holy Land’. 1862 New Monthly Mag. Mar. 372 Although large sums annually reach the custos from Austria, the house is deeply in debt. 1884 Glasgow Herald 14 Jan. 8/1 Yours, &c., Fr. Guido, Custos of the Holy Land. 1919 Catholic Missions Apr. 80/1 The Custody of the Holy Land possesses quite an unique international character in so far as according to arrangements made by Pope Benedict XIV, the Custos is always an Italian, his assistant a Frenchman [etc.]. 1943 Living Church 10 Jan. 5/3 On behalf of the Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land. 1971 H. E. Bovis Jerusalem Question (1974) 42 The concern of the Custos was..that the government might side with a Christian group (Orthodox or Armenian) having a rival claim in a particular Holy Place. 2010 G. Musleh tr. H. Kildani Mod. Christianity Holy Land 242 Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa (since 2004), Custos of the Holy Land and Superior of Mount Sion Convent. < as lemmas |
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