| 单词 | abbot of unrest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAbbot of Unrest Abbot of Unrest n. Scottish rare (historical in later use) a person chosen to preside over certain popular games and festivities; cf. Abbot (of) Unreason at unreason n. Phrases, Abbot of Misrule, variant of Lord of Misrule n. at misrule n. 4. ΚΠ 1472 in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 167 The quhilk day was mad burges John Necoll, and hys fredom gewyn to John Morchowson abbot of vnrest in that tym. 1903 R. Renwick Peebles iv. 24 At other times the amusements of the people were attended to, as in 1472 when the ‘Abbot of Unrest’, and in 1555 when ‘my lord Robene Hude’, obtained donations. 1947 C. W. Gardiner Lament for Strings 53 The abbot of unrest walks humbly In our deserted streets Dropping three useless coins Into the extended cap Of the organ-grinding hero. 2005 R. Black Gaelic Otherworld 583 The mock abbots of the Scottish burghs—the Abbot of Unreason in Inverness, for example, or the Abbot of Unrest in Peebles. < as lemmas |
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