单词 | heart-bearer |
释义 | > as lemmasheart-bearer heart-bearer n. rare (a) a person who carries or bears a heart or a depiction of a heart; †(b) a European noctuid moth, the small dark yellow underwing, Anarta cordigera, which has distinctive pale markings on the dark forewings (obsolete rare).In quot. 1573 apparently a mistranslation of post-classical Latin cordiger cord-bearer (used as an epithet of some Franciscan friars).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xxxix. f. 116v The secte of the Fryers minors (otherwyse called hartbearers [L. Cordigeros uocant]). 1828 A. Laing Donean Tourist xxi. 328 Sir Simon, from his office of Heart-bearer, had his name changed from Lee to Lockheart, now Lockhart, which name continues to the descendants. 1882 H. W. Beecher Plymouth Pulpit New Ser. V. No. 1. 26 As thou dost bear our sins, so thou dost bear us... Thou art the heart-bearer of the universe. 1898 N.E.D. Heart-bearer,..(b) a name of the moth Anarta cordigera. 2007 C. J. Carrillo & T. J. Steele Cent. of Retablos 24 She [sc. Saint Gertrude] is one of only a few cardiophores (heart bearers) in Christian art, the others being Bridget of Sweden, Augustine of Hippo, and Anthony of Padua. < as lemmas |
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