单词 | abbate |
释义 | abbaten. In Italy and Italian contexts: an abbot. Also: a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor, etc. Also as a title. Cf. abbé n.1 ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > abbot > [noun] abboteOE fatherOE Pater Abbasc1400 father abbot1479 abbas1550 abbot-presbyter1641 abbate1750 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Jan. in Lett. to Son (1774) I. 549 Without them, the Abbati and the Monsignori will get the better of you. 1761 Gentleman's & London Mag. Dec. 561/2 There were..divers attestations of persons of undoubted credit, living at Vienna, one of which was the Abbate Pariati. 1784 M. Berry Jrnl. 9 Apr. (1865) I. 108 To the Academy of Arcadians, which was a great crowd of abbati in a room much too small for the company. 1822 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 53 334 The abbate obtained a catalogue of a library extant in the Seraglio. 1846 Pop. Encycl. IV. 183/2 The abbate Giambattisti Casti was distinguished for elegance, wit, and humour. 1900 R. Parsons Stud. Church Hist. IV. vi. 145 While following the courses of the Roman College, our young Abbate resided with an uncle. 1945 A. Mendel & N. Broder tr. A. Einstein Mozart xxii. 425 He, too, was an abbate, but his vows proved no more of a hindrance than da Ponte's to his becoming the lover of a marchesa. 1992 R. Robertson tr. E. T. A. Hoffman Golden Pot & Other Tales 173 The Abbate was a past master in composing such gibberish, just as Giglio Fava excelled in speaking it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1750 |
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