单词 | hebdomadar |
释义 | † hebdomadarhebdomadern. Scottish. Obsolete. In the Scottish universities: the name given to one of the superior members whose weekly turn it was to superintend the discipline of the students; also, in grammar schools, the master who took ‘duty’ for the week. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > other disciplinary officials hebdomadar1700 regent1814 promotor1854 1700 Order 23 Oct. in Aberdeen Counc. Reg. (1872) 330 Upon every play day the hebdomader for that week shall goe along with the scholars to the hill when they get the play. 1807 J. Hall Trav. Scotl. I. 114 The masters in their turns exercised the office of what was called Hebdomader. His business was to preside and say grace at the college table and to go round and call at every chamber at six o'clock in the morning to see if the students had got up [etc.]. 1840 in Bulloch Hist. Aberdeen Univ. (1895) 179 Professor Gordon happened to be the hebdomadar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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