| 单词 | abbot of the people |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabbot of the people 3. In Italy: a high-ranking magistrate of a city or republic; spec. (esp. in the Republic of Genoa) the chief magistrate, or doge. More fully abbot of the people. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in Italian republics dukea1549 doge1549 gonfalonier1586 priora1630 abbot1734 1734 Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. (new ed.) I. 35 The chief magistrate of the Republicke of Genoa has also been called the Abbot. 1751 tr. L. de Bréquigny Hist. Revol. Genoa I. ii. 107 As none of my Ancestors were ever Abbot of the People, I am not inclined to introduce this Office into my Family. 1831 A. Manning Stories from Hist. Italy 149 The populace hailed him by the title of abbot, but Boccanigra reminded them that his birth disqualified him for that office. 1881 J. T. Bent Genoa iii. 58 The abbot of the people was, indeed, a most salutary institution for supporting the popular rights. 1906 W. F. Butler Lombard Communes xiv. 414 Cremona was then ruled as a republic under an Abbot of the People. 1980 A. Grabois Illustr. Encycl. Medieval Civilization 347/1 A council of 13 members was created—6 were of the aristocratic party, 6 of the popular party and the final representative was the ‘Abbot of the People’. < as lemmas |
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