definitorn.

/dɛfɪˈnʌɪtə/

Forms: Also 1600s diffinitor

Etymology: < Latin dēfīnītor, agent-noun < dēfīnīre to define v.

1. An officer of the chapter in certain monastic orders, charged with the ‘definition’ or decision of points of discipline.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > disciplinary officer > [noun]

searchc1500

definitor1648

zealator1849

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) iii. 7 When the Provinciall Chapter is kept, then..is there one named by name of Procurator or Diffinitor, who is to goe in the name of the whole Province to the next election of the Generall.

1704 tr. A. de Ovalle Of Kingdom of Chile in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 51/1 [St. Francis] having been Definitor of his Order.

1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 119 The saint held a general chapter at Narbonne, and in concert with the definitors gave a new form to the old Constitutions.

1867 R. Palmer Life P. Howard 15 (note) The order [Dominicans] is governed by a master-general with his council of definitors.

†2. A kind of surveying instrument: see quots.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > other surveying instruments

quadrat?c1400

trigon1590

square1600

peractor1616

definitor1664

Marquois scale1783

topograph1865

outkeeper1868

aba1876

1664 J. Evelyn tr. L. Alberti Statues in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 153 This whole Instrument..consisting of Horizon, Ruler, and Plummet we shall call our Definitor.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §97 The instrument will shew the situation, distance from the center, and depression of any given point..below the plane of the dial..which instrument he calls a Definitor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	definitor
释义	definitorn. /dɛfɪˈnʌɪtə/ Forms: Also 1600s diffinitor Etymology: < Latin dēfīnītor, agent-noun < dēfīnīre to define v. 1. An officer of the chapter in certain monastic orders, charged with the ‘definition’ or decision of points of discipline. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > disciplinary officer > [noun] searchc1500 definitor1648 zealator1849 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) iii. 7 When the Provinciall Chapter is kept, then..is there one named by name of Procurator or Diffinitor, who is to goe in the name of the whole Province to the next election of the Generall. 1704 tr. A. de Ovalle Of Kingdom of Chile in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 51/1 [St. Francis] having been Definitor of his Order. 1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 119 The saint held a general chapter at Narbonne, and in concert with the definitors gave a new form to the old Constitutions. 1867 R. Palmer Life P. Howard 15 (note) The order [Dominicans] is governed by a master-general with his council of definitors. †2. A kind of surveying instrument: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > other surveying instruments quadrat?c1400 trigon1590 square1600 peractor1616 definitor1664 Marquois scale1783 topograph1865 outkeeper1868 aba1876 1664 J. Evelyn tr. L. Alberti Statues in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 153 This whole Instrument..consisting of Horizon, Ruler, and Plummet we shall call our Definitor. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §97 The instrument will shew the situation, distance from the center, and depression of any given point..below the plane of the dial..which instrument he calls a Definitor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1648
随便看	congoacid congoes congoese congolese congoni congos congou congous congraffet congrats congratses congratters congratulable congratulant congratulants congratulate congratulate with congratulated congratulates congratulating congratulatingly congratulation congratulational congratulations congratulative