field bishopn.

Brit.

/ˈfiːld ˌbɪʃəp/, U.S.

/ˈfil(d) ˌbɪʃəp/

Forms: see field n.¹ and bishop n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, bishop n.

Etymology: < field n.¹ + bishop n. With sense 1 compare French évêque des champs (17th cent. or earlier), and Middle French evesque des fous , lit. ‘bishop of fools’, in similar use (15th cent.). In sense 2 after German Feldbischof (18th cent. or earlier); compare also Italian vescovo castrense (19th cent. or earlier).

†1. A person who is hanged (and whose jerking legs are imagined as grotesquely imitating the making of the sign of the cross). Obsolete.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > one who is hanged

field bishop1545

knight of the collarc1557

Haman1645

hangee1831

1545 J. Bale Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 40^v Ye haue yet layser ynough to playe the felde bysshop, and to blesse with youre heles in an hempen corde.

1708 P. Motteux Rabelais, Pantag. Prognost. v One of those Worthy Persons will go nigh to be made a Field-Bishop, and, mounted on a Horse that was foal'd of an Acorn, give the Passengers a Blessing with his Legs.

2. Military. The senior chaplain (of a particular denomination) in various European armies.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > chaplain > [noun] > chief

arch-chaplain1614

field bishop1856

1856 Times 26 Nov. 8/2 The Austrian ‘Field-Bishop’ Leonhart has issued an order that in future no Catholic field chaplain or ‘superior’ shall give his blessing to a dying soldier who is a Protestant.

1916 Outlook 23 Feb. 473/2 A field bishop (Vescovo Castrense) of the Roman Catholic Church was added to the staff of the Supreme Command.

2001 D. R. Herspring Soldiers, Commissars, & Chaplains v. 138 From Hitler's standpoint, the situation was not made any easier by the country's two field bishops.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	field bishop
释义	field bishopn. Brit. /ˈfiːld ˌbɪʃəp/, U.S. /ˈfil(d) ˌbɪʃəp/ Forms: see field n.¹ and bishop n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, bishop n. Etymology: < field n.¹ + bishop n. With sense 1 compare French évêque des champs (17th cent. or earlier), and Middle French evesque des fous , lit. ‘bishop of fools’, in similar use (15th cent.). In sense 2 after German Feldbischof (18th cent. or earlier); compare also Italian vescovo castrense (19th cent. or earlier). †1. A person who is hanged (and whose jerking legs are imagined as grotesquely imitating the making of the sign of the cross). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > one who is hanged field bishop1545 knight of the collarc1557 Haman1645 hangee1831 1545 J. Bale Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 40^v Ye haue yet layser ynough to playe the felde bysshop, and to blesse with youre heles in an hempen corde. 1708 P. Motteux Rabelais, Pantag. Prognost. v One of those Worthy Persons will go nigh to be made a Field-Bishop, and, mounted on a Horse that was foal'd of an Acorn, give the Passengers a Blessing with his Legs. 2. Military. The senior chaplain (of a particular denomination) in various European armies. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > chaplain > [noun] > chief arch-chaplain1614 field bishop1856 1856 Times 26 Nov. 8/2 The Austrian ‘Field-Bishop’ Leonhart has issued an order that in future no Catholic field chaplain or ‘superior’ shall give his blessing to a dying soldier who is a Protestant. 1916 Outlook 23 Feb. 473/2 A field bishop (Vescovo Castrense) of the Roman Catholic Church was added to the staff of the Supreme Command. 2001 D. R. Herspring Soldiers, Commissars, & Chaplains v. 138 From Hitler's standpoint, the situation was not made any easier by the country's two field bishops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1545
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