单词 | grand referendary |
释义 | > as lemmasgrand referendary 2. Also with capital initial. Any of various officials in the papal, imperial, patriarchal, and some royal courts, charged with the duty of examining and reporting on petitions, requests, use of the seal, and similar matters; the title given to such an official. Also grand referendary. Cf. chartophylax n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > examiner of or reporter on petitions referendary1528 referee1565 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > patriarch > [noun] > Constantinople > official prothonotary1704 referendary1716 chartophylax1879 1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xxiii. 58 Which words being spoken..in the presence of Simonetta, oon of the referendaries [etc.]. 1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 426 The princes of this world, who haue their Referendaries [Fr. referendaires], or masters of Request. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) Referendaries, Officers..who made relation of Petitions or Requests, exhibited to the Emperors. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 85 These thirteen Prelates are called Referendaries, or Remembrancers of the one and the other Court. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 278 Another Orthodox Greek Poet, Chartophylax or Referendary of the great Church of Constantinople. 1736 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations V. 91 The Grand Referendary, dispatches all the Patriarch's Orders, is his Deputy to Persons of Distinction, and is one of the Ecclesiastical Judges. 1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. i. iii. 261 The referendary was the keeper of the king's seal. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 45 The grand referendary accompanied the marshal to the coach. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. (at cited word) The office of Great Referendary to the monarchy of France merged eventually in that of Chancellor. 1920 A. K. Cook Comm. upon Browning's Ring & Bk. xi. 244 In the later imperial and the papal courts the Referendary was charged with such duties as examining and reporting on petitions. 1997 T. Dunlap et al. tr. A. Guillou in tr. G. Cavallo Byzantines viii. 212 The referendary, who transmitted communications from the patriarch to the emperor. < as lemmas |
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