单词 | antonine |
释义 | Antoninen.adj. A. n. 1. Roman History. Any of the emperors of a dynasty comprising Antoninus Pius (reigned a.d. 138–61), Marcus Aurelius ( a.d. 161–80), Lucius Verus (co-emperor a.d. 161–9), and Commodus ( a.d. 180–92); esp. either of the former two. Usually in plural (with the): all four of these emperors, or the former two, collectively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > ancient Roman > specific Antonine1531 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. viii. sig. C.viijv Excellent princis, as wel in payntyng as in keruynge, equal to noble artificers: Suche were..both Antonines. 1577 J. Fit John Diamonde Most Precious sig. C.j I would God that we had such an Antonyne here among vs. 1604 L. Lloyd Pract. Policy §4. 28 Among many Emperours of Rome, called Antonines, one onely Antoninus, surnamed Pius [was virtuous]. 1686 G. Burnet Some Lett. iv. 209 Burying began in the times of the Antonins. 1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant Pref. p. xii The most common [coins] are those of the Antonines. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. i. 8 The general system of Augustus was equally adopted and uniformly pursued by Hadrian and by the two Antonines. 1836 N. Wiseman Lect. Doctr. Catholic Church I. i. 13 The study of philosophy..under the patronage of the Antonines..was become very prevalent. 1864 D. Pryde European Hist. 12 The younger Antonine, or, as he is called, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a prodigy from his infancy. 1913 A. Guggenberger Gen. Hist. Christian Era (ed. 9) I. 26 Commodus..gave full rein to his lust and cruelty until he was murdered by his intimates. With him ended the rule of the Antonines. 1959 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 504/1 The internal tranquillity and the good government which have made the age of the Antonines famous. 2005 R. M. Berchman Porphyry against Christians iii. 26 Active pacification of the Jews under Hadrian resulted in a submissive Palestine under the Antonines. 2. Christian Church. Usually in plural. A member of either of the religious communities associated with St. Anthony the Great (c251–356); esp. (now historical) a monk of the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony, a community founded c1095 in Dauphiné by Gaston de Valloire in thanksgiving for his son's miraculous cure from St. Anthony's fire, confirmed by Pope Urban II in 1095. Cf. Antonian n.The Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony dedicated themselves to caring for the sick, particularly those affected by St. Anthony's fire (see St Anthony's fire at St Anthony n. 1). The community adopted the Rule of St. Augustine in 1248 and were constituted canons regular by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297. The order was incorporated into the Order of Malta in 1776, with the exception of one preceptory, which was secularized in 1803.In quots. 1853 and 2002 referring to an order (founded c1700) of the Levantine Catholic Maronite Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Order of St. Augustine > [noun] > Order of St. Anthony > member of Antoninec1540 c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 441 Some be Paulines, Some be Antonynes, Some be Bernardines. c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 155 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 81 There be other that be anthonyn, But he whom I salute was gylbertin. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. sig. R.v The companies or couentes of religious, aswel men as women: are..Anthonines [L. Antoniani], Iohannites, Cisternois, and innumerable other. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The Anthonins, or monks of St. Anthony, are by some said to be of the begging kind. 1790 tr. J.-J. Rousseau Confessions: Pt. 1 (ed. 2) I. iv. 306 I heard some one behind me, and turning round perceived an Antonine, who..seemed to listen with pleasure to my song. 1853 C. H. Churchill Mount Lebanon viii. 92 There are three religious orders in the Lebanon; the Lebanines, the Aleppines, and the Antonines. 1898 H. Thurston Life St. Hugh iv. iii. 467 The Order of Antonines sprang into existence in 1090. 1913 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 482 In the twelfth century..the Alexians and Antonines established and managed hospitals in various parts of Italy. 2002 A. J. Salim Captivated by your Teachings 71 The principal congregations of Maronite men religious in Lebanon are: the Lebanese Maronite Order (OLM); the Congregation of St. Anthony the Great (Antonines); [etc.]. B. adj. 1. Roman History. Designating the Antonines (see sense A. 1); of or relating to the Antonines or the period during which they reigned. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [adjective] > ancient or Holy Roman > specific ancient Roman Augustal1597 Tiberian1601 Antonine1631 Neronian1650 Theodosian1765 Augustan1856 Neronic1864 Hadrianic1886 Severan1918 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 15 The custome of burning the dead bodies continued among the Romanes, but vntill the time of the Antonine Emperours. 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 394 Such as that at Neims, supposed to be the Charnal of the Antonine family. 1710 A. Forbes tr. B. Lamy Perspective made Easie Index Antonine Column, a fine Monument at Rome, 175 foot high. 1789 Monthly Reg. Aug. 24/2 The place where the gold is hid is suspected to be somewhere about the Antonine baths. 1850 H. J. Rose New Gen. Biogr. Dict. II. 367/1 The Apologies of Justin and Athenagoras..contain the principal circumstances of the Antonine persecution. 1862 Athenæum 8 Nov. 592/3 The tranquil repose which characterizes the Antonine era was only on the surface. 1925 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 29 312 The sacrifice of the sow and her young..is found on..two Antonine coins. 1969 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 73 235 The rise and victory of the Romans of the West, as embodied in Trajan and the Antonine dynasty. 2008 Daily Tel. 1 May 11/6 It is believed that the bodies were victims of the Antonine plague. 2. Christian Church. a. Of or relating to St. Anthony the Great (c251–356); of or designating either of the religious communities associated with him; = Antonian adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Order of St. Augustine > [adjective] > Antonine Antonian1693 Antonine1775 1775 G. M. A. Baretti Easy Phraseol. 110/2 To go only one mile over stones without good shoes to one's feet, 'tis a thing that makes one curse those Antonine friars. 1844 J. Donovan Rome Anc. & Mod. II. viii. 215 An Armenian convent of Antonine friars,..in which young ecclesiastics are educated. 1898 H. Thurston Life St. Hugh iv. iii. 469 The poor sufferers, and the Antonine monks who tended them. 1908 J. J. Walsh Popes & Sci. (1912) x. 276 The Antonine Congregation of Vienna, which was especially devoted to the care of patients suffering from the ‘holy fire’. 1972 D. Baker in C. J. Cuming & D. Baker Pop. Belief & Pract. 41 In hagiography the Antonine sequence of early life, crisis and conversion..is..repeated ad nauseam. 2008 M. Orr Flaubert's Temptation i. 41 The Antonine order was established mainly thanks to a serious plague in 1089..which..enhanced the reputation of this hospitaller order. b. Of or relating to St. Anthony of Padua (1195–1231); = Antonian adj. 2b. rare. ΚΠ 1902 E. Guest tr. A. Lepitre St. Antony of Padua i. 3 The Antonine biographers [Fr. les biographes antoniens] of our own times. 1999 Renaissance Q. 52 637 The pervasiveness of Antonine imagery in Padua is attested to by the fact that, in the Quattrocento, images associated with Saint Anthony adorned such everyday objects as coins and account books. Compounds Antonine Wall n. (also Antonine's Wall) [compare post-classical Latin murus Antonini Antonine's wall (1607 in a British source)] a Roman frontier wall between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, built for Antoninus Pius in a.d. 142. ΚΠ 1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 3 No. 17. xxvi. 512 On the ancient Pavement of their military Ways, particularly of that near Antonine's Wall, which is very magnificent and beautiful. a1765 J. Macpherson Crit. Diss. Anc. Caledonians (1768) xii. 154 An antique stone dug out of the remains of Antonine's wall. 1840 J. Hodgson & J. Raine Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II III. v. 262/1 In this respect the north margin of the ditch of the Antonine Wall very much resembles that of the ditch of the English Murus. 1988 G. Walker T. Johnston i. 2 The town itself grew up around the site of a fort on Antonine's wall. 2005 N. Fields Rome's Northern Frontier AD 70–235 37 The Antonine Wall had a series of regularly spaced forts right from the very beginning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1531 |
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