Holy Ghostn.

Brit.

/ˌhəʊlɪ ˈɡəʊst/, U.S.

/ˌhoʊli ˈɡoʊst/

Forms: see holy adj. and ghost n.; also (with coalescence of preceding the) early Middle English theli gast, Middle English tholygoost, Middle English tholigost.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: holy adj., ghost n.

Etymology: < holy adj. + ghost n. (compare ghost n. 4a), after post-classical Latin spiritus sanctus (see Holy Spirit n.). Compare Old Dutch halog gast (Middle Dutch heilige geest , Dutch Heilige Geest ), Old Saxon hēlag gēst (Middle Low German hillich geist ), Old High German heilag geist (Middle High German heilec geist , German Heiliger Geist ). Compare Frover-Ghost at frover n. 2. Compare later Holy Spirit n. (which is now the more common expression in sense 1).In Old English (and early Middle English) the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case. In Middle English (from early Middle English onwards) and (less commonly) in early modern English also written as one word, although word division in Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts. Similar forms, as well as more distinctive contractions, are also found in other languages at a similar period; compare e.g. Middle Dutch heileghegheest, heilegeest, Middle High German heiligeist (early modern German hailigaist).

1. Chiefly with the and capital initials. The Third Person (person n. 6a) of the Trinity, God as spiritually active in the world; = Holy Spirit n. Cf. father n. 2b, son n.¹ 2.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Holy Spirit > [noun]

Holy GhosteOE

ghostOE

Holy Spiritc1350

spiritc1384

Spirit of Truth (formerly also Verity, Soothness)c1384

baptism in the Spirit1534

dove1707

eOE Form of Adjuration (Durh. A.iv.19) in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 412 Ic eow..halsige on Fæder naman & on Suna naman..& on ðaes halgan Gastes.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) i. 20 Þæt on hire acenned ys, hyt ys of þam halgan gaste.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) l. 3 On his deorewurðe sunes nome, ant o þes hali gastes.

c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 562 Þorw God þe Holigostes miht.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 70 (MED) I blesse þe euere..& þe holigost, þe comfortour.

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. F.viii The holigost also before yt declaring hym.

1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. F.iij Receiue ye the holy ghoste.

c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 836 A man..Þat myȝte wiþ his good lijf þat Holly Gost fongen.

1627 J. Cosin tr. Veni Creator in Coll. Private Devotions 91 Come Holy Ghost our soules inspire.

a1778 A. M. Toplady Course of Prayer (1796) 110 Abstracted from the converting and cherishing operations of the Holy Ghost, the best means of grace would infallibly leave us..no less cold and unanimated, than they found us.

1798 Monthly Mag. July 33/2 Some..seem to apprehend the names of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, as designative of the same Divine Being under different relations to man.

1842 Ld. Tennyson St. Simeon Stylites in Poems (new ed.) II. 63 For by the warning of the Holy Ghost, I prophesy that I shall die to-night.

1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good Pref. 15 They voluntarily lived holy lives and devoted themselves to the public welfare in obedience to the impulse of the Holy Ghost within them.

2005 J. Weyland Saving Kristen viii. 123 It takes humility to be receptive to the influence of the Holy Ghost.

a. A representation of a dove, as a symbol of the Holy Ghost. Cf. dove n. 2a.

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society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > dove

Holy Ghost1521

1521 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 180 Pro nova factura cujusdam nebulæ pro lee Holy Goost.

1558 Will of Margarett Elys (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/41) f. 228 Rynge of golde w^t a Holy goste in y^t.

1854 G. F. Waagen Treasures of Art in Great Brit. III. xxx. 349 In a church of the latest form of the Norman style is seen Becket standing in the foreground under a scarlet canopy, with the Holy Ghost hovering above.

1988 J. Kent Venice (1992) 81/2 Cupola of the Pentecost The winged Holy Ghost enlightens the 12 Apostles.

†b. A badge of the Order of the Holy Ghost, consisting of a dove, a circle, and four fleur de lis at the centre of a Maltese cross. Cf. Order of the Holy Ghost at Phrases 1a, Cross of the Holy Ghost at Phrases 3. Obsolete. rare.

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society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > insignia of order > specific

Holy Ghost1725

1725 London Gaz. No. 6404/1 His Star and Holy Ghost were of Diamonds.

3. More fully Holy Ghost root, Holy Ghost's root, root of the Holy Ghost. The plant angelica, Angelica archangelica; (also) the root of this plant. Now rare. [After post-classical Latin radix sancti spiritus (1536 or earlier), sancti spiritus radix (1542 or earlier); compare German des Heiligen geysts wurz (1542 or earlier); so called, according to 16th-cent. botanists, either on account of its very sweet smell or its supposed efficacy against poisons.]

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > angelica

angelica1527

lungwort1552

Holy Ghost1562

alexanders1637

jellico1853

archangel1855

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. xlv (margin) in Bulwarke of Defence Some call Radix sancti Spiritus the roote of the holie Ghoste.

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 136/2 Sphondylium..the holye ghostes roote: Angelica.

1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. K5v/2 A Holy Ghost root herb.

?1841 W. Rhind Hist. Veg. Kingdom xxxii. 309/2 It may be inferred from its common name of angelica, as well as from another name, ‘The Holy Ghost’, which was sometimes given to it, that superstitious virtues were imputed to it.

1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 117 Holy Ghost, so called ‘for the angel-like properties therein’.

1914 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (U.S. ed. 3) 47/1 Angelica. The root of Angelica archangelica. European angelica, garden angelica, Holy Ghost root, an herb of southern and middle Europe; tonic and stimulant expectorant.

2017 S. Casas Old Style Conjure 170 Angelica, or the Holy Ghost root as some call it: worked with in all protection work.

Phrases

P1. Order of the Holy Ghost.

a. A French order of knighthood instituted by Henri III of France in 1578. Now historical.The Order was officially abolished in July 1830, but its activities continued for some years after that date. [After Middle French Ordre du Saint-Esprit (more fully l'Ordre et milice du Benoist Sainct Esprit, literally ‘the order and militia of the blessed Holy Spirit’ (1578)).]

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood > other orders

Order of the Holy Ghost1587

stole1728

seraphim1784

Legion of Honour1802

1587 tr. S. C. P. Let. French Gentleman 21 The King had sworne by all the solemnities of the order of the holy Ghost [Fr. l'ordre du S. Esprit], that he would neuer in any wise consent to permit any exercise of the Religion.

1686 J. S. Hist. Monastical Convent. 98 The Order of the Holy Ghost in France was Instituted by Henry the Third, in memory of his Nativity, Election to the Polonian Kingdom, and his coming to..the Crown of France, all which hapned on Whitsunday.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Holyness Before they receive the Order of the Holy Ghost, that of St. Michael is conferr'd, as a necessary Degree; for which Reason their Arms are surrounded with a double Collar.

1814 Wright's Leeds Intelligencer 25 Apr. His Majesty the King of France..afterwards invested the Duke of York with the French Order of the Holy Ghost.

2014 Church Hist. & Relig. Culture 94 268 On the day after his conversion he was made connectable de France and a few days later was admitted to the Order of the Holy Ghost.

b. historical. A Roman Catholic religious order that originally specialized in the care of the sick and infirm in hospitals rather than monastic infirmaries.The order was founded by Guy de Montpellier in the 12th cent., and was officially abolished in 1783. [Compare post-classical Latin ordo sancti Spiritus (1613 or earlier), Italian Ordine di Santo Spirito (1601 or earlier), French Ordre du Saint Esprit (1693 or earlier).]

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1842 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 13 291 (note) On the Foundling Hospitals of France... For the regulations of the order of the Holy Ghost, see tome v. p. 495.

1889 Archæol. Rev. 4 42 A hospital had been erected, of which the care had been entrusted to some friars of the order of the Holy Ghost.

1907 M. A. Nutting et al. in L. L. Dock Hist. Nursing I. 276 The order of the Holy Ghost from its earliest days was identified with the rise and development of general hospitals within city walls.

2012 C. P. Hourihane Grove Encycl. Medieval Art & Archit. 565/1 Pope Alexander IV..gave the monastery to the church of S Spirito in Sassia, Rome, so that it was no longer Benedictine but in the Order of the Holy Ghost until 1540.

P2. knight of the Holy Ghost: a knight of the Order of the Holy Ghost (see Order of the Holy Ghost at Phrases 1a). Now historical and rare. [Apparently after French commandeur du Saint-Esprit (1578 in Middle French) and probably also after chevalier du Saint-Esprit (1581 or earlier).]

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > position of commander in an order > of Order of the Holy Ghost

knight of the Holy Ghost1607

garters1670

1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 986 Hee had not well obserued the articles of this Order, by the which no knight of the Holy ghost [Fr. Commandeurs du S. Esprit] might take any Pencion, Entertainment or Money from a forraine Prince.

1696 London Gaz. No. 3241/3 Paris, Dec. 3... There is to be a Promotion of the Knights of the Holy Ghost very suddenly.

1826 New Ann. Reg. 1825 Hist. Europe 74/2 During the offertory, the king-at-arms and three heralds carried the offerings to four knights of the Holy Ghost.

1879 National Jrnl. Educ. 9 102/3 This term [sc. cordon-bleu] properly belonged to the knights of the Holy Ghost, who were decorated with the ribbon.

1991 Jrnl. European Stud. 21 212 He moves on from an active military role to undertake the responsible court duties of grand prévôt and becomes a knight of the Holy Ghost.

†P3. Cross of the Holy Ghost: the emblem of the Order of the Holy Ghost, consisting of a dove, a circle, and four fleur de lis at the centre of a Maltese cross. Cf. Order of the Holy Ghost at Phrases 1a. Obsolete. [After French croix du Saint-Esprit (1634 or earlier).]

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1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) ii. xii. 342 They are also Officers of the Order, and may wear the Cross of the Holy Ghost [Fr. la Croix du Saint Esprit].

1777 N. W. Wraxall Mem. Kings of France II. 282 Over the scarlet robe hangs the cross of the Holy Ghost, on his breast.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 3/1 Louis XVIII..presented Wellington with a cross of the Holy Ghost.

Compounds

Holy Ghost flower n. the Holy Ghost orchid, Peristeria elata; (also) the flower of such a plant. [Apparently after Spanish flor del Espíritu Santo (mid 19th cent. or earlier), so called because the central sexual structure of the flower resembles a dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit (compare dove-flower n. at dove n. Compounds 2).]

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids

satyrionOE

bollockwort?a1300

sanicle14..

bollock?a1425

martagon1548

orchis1559

dogstones1562

hare's-ballocks1562

stone1562

bollock grass1578

dog's cods1578

dog's cullions1578

double-leaf1578

fly-orchis1578

goat's cullions1578

goat's orchis1578

priest's pintle1578

twayblade1578

bee-orchis1597

bifoil1597

bird's nest1597

bird's orchis1597

butterfly orchis1597

fenny-stones1597

gelded satyrion1597

gnat satyrion1597

humble-bee orchis1597

lady's slipper1597

sweet ballocks1597

two-blade1605

cullions1611

bee-flower1626

fly-flower1640

man orchis1670

musk orchis1670

moccasin flower1680

gnat-flower1688

faham tea1728

Ophrys1754

green man orchis1762

Arethusa1764

honey flower1771

cypripedium1775

rattlesnake plantain1778

Venus's slipper1785

Adam and Eve1789

lizard orchis179.

epidendrum1791

Pogonia?1801

Vanda1801

cymbidium1815

Oncidium1822

putty-root1822

Noah's Ark1826

yellow moccasin1826

gongora1827

cattleya1828

green man1828

nervine1828

stanhopea1829

dove-flower1831

catasetum1836

Odontoglossum1836

Miltonia1837

letter plant1838

spread eagle1838

letter-leaf1839

swan-plant1841

orchid1843

disa1844

masdevallia1845

Phalaenopsis1846

faham1850

Indian crocus1850

moccasin plant1850

pleione1851

dove orchis1852

nerve root1854

Holy Ghost flower1862

basket-plant1865

lizard's tongue1866

mousetail1866

Sobralia1866

swan-neck1866

swanwort1866

Indian shoe1876

odontoglot1879

wreathewort1879

moth orchid1880

rattlesnake orchid1881

dendrobe1882

dove-plant1882

Madeira orchis1882

man orchis1882

swan-flower1884

slipper-orchid1885

slipper orchis1889

mayflower1894

scorpion orchid1897

moederkappie1910

dove orchid1918

monkey orchid1925

man orchid1927

1862 Bradford Observer 14 Aug. 8/2 There was one flower he was specially drawn to look for, because of the name by which it was designated—the Holy Ghost flower.

1882 Garden 10 June 401/3 The Dove plant..the beautiful Holy Ghost flower of the Spaniards.

1932 L. B. Wilder Fragrant Path 356 Peristeria elata. Holy Ghost Flower. Dove Flower. Very fragrant species with waxen white flowers.

2017 @SusanaDeLeonMD 14 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Mar. 2021) Beautiful! this orchid is considered the Panama's national flower, an [sic.] we refer to it as the ‘Holy Ghost Flower’.

Holy Ghost orchid n. an epiphytic orchid native to Central America and northern South America, Peristeria elata, having ivory white cup-shaped flowers.Cf. earlier Holy Ghost flower n. and Holy Ghost plant n.Also called dove-flower, dove orchid, dove-plant, because the central sexual structure of the flower has been thought to resemble a dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit.

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1865 Athenæum 5 Aug. 176/3 The Espiritu Santo or Holy Ghost orchid, to which he specially alludes, is an old inmate of our gardens, where it is generally known by the name of the Dove Plant.

1940 E. D. Greene Panama Sketches 11 ‘It is called the Holy Ghost orchid,’ he explained; ‘it only blossoms once in three years. I was fortunate to find one for you.’

2017 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 28 Feb. (Ontario ed.) (Life & Arts section) 1 There's the orchid centre, where thousands of orchids are being propagated for replanting in the wild, including the white and rare Holy Ghost Orchid, Panama's national flower.

Holy Ghost pear n. now rare an avocado. [So called as the result of a misinterpretation of avocado n. as reflecting Spanish abogado advocate n., with reference to the Christian concept of the Holy Spirit as an advocate for humankind before God (compare advocate n. 1).]

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > avocado

shell-pear1672

alligator pear1696

avocado1697

vegetable marrow1788

subaltern's butter1816

midshipman's butter1866

Holy Ghost pear1886

1886 Hawaiian Almanac & Ann. 40 Alligator (properly avocado, i.e. Holy Ghost) pear, Persea gratissima.

1926 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Architects Jan. 2/2 The Holy Ghost pear, its very name an omen, jewels weird trees filled with parrots and monkeys.

2005 M. P. Foley Why do Catholics eat Fish on Friday? viii. 77 An old cognomen for an avocado is a Holy Ghost pear. What possible relation could there be between the Holy Spirit and the unusual green fruit from which guacamole is made?

Holy Ghost plant n. now rare the Holy Ghost orchid, Peristeria elata.

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1838 Woolmer's Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 29 Sept. That singularly unique production the Dove Plant, or Holy Ghost Plant of Panama, Peristeria elata.

1901 Boston Daily Globe 8 Nov. (Evening ed.) 5/6 Another wonderful feature is the Holy Ghost plant exhibited by deacon E. S. Converse of Malden, in the center of which is a dove.

1974 Garden Jrnl. Dec. 182/1 Many orchids, like the holy ghost plant, Peristeria elata, are equipped with a vibrital lip.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	holy ghost
释义	Holy Ghostn. Brit. /ˌhəʊlɪ ˈɡəʊst/, U.S. /ˌhoʊli ˈɡoʊst/ Forms: see holy adj. and ghost n.; also (with coalescence of preceding the) early Middle English theli gast, Middle English tholygoost, Middle English tholigost. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: holy adj., ghost n. Etymology: < holy adj. + ghost n. (compare ghost n. 4a), after post-classical Latin spiritus sanctus (see Holy Spirit n.). Compare Old Dutch halog gast (Middle Dutch heilige geest , Dutch Heilige Geest ), Old Saxon hēlag gēst (Middle Low German hillich geist ), Old High German heilag geist (Middle High German heilec geist , German Heiliger Geist ). Compare Frover-Ghost at frover n. 2. Compare later Holy Spirit n. (which is now the more common expression in sense 1).In Old English (and early Middle English) the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case. In Middle English (from early Middle English onwards) and (less commonly) in early modern English also written as one word, although word division in Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts. Similar forms, as well as more distinctive contractions, are also found in other languages at a similar period; compare e.g. Middle Dutch heileghegheest, heilegeest, Middle High German heiligeist (early modern German hailigaist). 1. Chiefly with the and capital initials. The Third Person (person n. 6a) of the Trinity, God as spiritually active in the world; = Holy Spirit n. Cf. father n. 2b, son n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Holy Spirit > [noun] Holy GhosteOE ghostOE Holy Spiritc1350 spiritc1384 Spirit of Truth (formerly also Verity, Soothness)c1384 baptism in the Spirit1534 dove1707 eOE Form of Adjuration (Durh. A.iv.19) in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 412 Ic eow..halsige on Fæder naman & on Suna naman..& on ðaes halgan Gastes. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) i. 20 Þæt on hire acenned ys, hyt ys of þam halgan gaste. c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) l. 3 On his deorewurðe sunes nome, ant o þes hali gastes. c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 562 Þorw God þe Holigostes miht. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 70 (MED) I blesse þe euere..& þe holigost, þe comfortour. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. F.viii The holigost also before yt declaring hym. 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. F.iij Receiue ye the holy ghoste. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 836 A man..Þat myȝte wiþ his good lijf þat Holly Gost fongen. 1627 J. Cosin tr. Veni Creator in Coll. Private Devotions 91 Come Holy Ghost our soules inspire. a1778 A. M. Toplady Course of Prayer (1796) 110 Abstracted from the converting and cherishing operations of the Holy Ghost, the best means of grace would infallibly leave us..no less cold and unanimated, than they found us. 1798 Monthly Mag. July 33/2 Some..seem to apprehend the names of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, as designative of the same Divine Being under different relations to man. 1842 Ld. Tennyson St. Simeon Stylites in Poems (new ed.) II. 63 For by the warning of the Holy Ghost, I prophesy that I shall die to-night. 1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good Pref. 15 They voluntarily lived holy lives and devoted themselves to the public welfare in obedience to the impulse of the Holy Ghost within them. 2005 J. Weyland Saving Kristen viii. 123 It takes humility to be receptive to the influence of the Holy Ghost. 2. a. A representation of a dove, as a symbol of the Holy Ghost. Cf. dove n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > dove Holy Ghost1521 1521 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 180 Pro nova factura cujusdam nebulæ pro lee Holy Goost. 1558 Will of Margarett Elys (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/41) f. 228 Rynge of golde w^t a Holy goste in y^t. 1854 G. F. Waagen Treasures of Art in Great Brit. III. xxx. 349 In a church of the latest form of the Norman style is seen Becket standing in the foreground under a scarlet canopy, with the Holy Ghost hovering above. 1988 J. Kent Venice (1992) 81/2 Cupola of the Pentecost The winged Holy Ghost enlightens the 12 Apostles. †b. A badge of the Order of the Holy Ghost, consisting of a dove, a circle, and four fleur de lis at the centre of a Maltese cross. Cf. Order of the Holy Ghost at Phrases 1a, Cross of the Holy Ghost at Phrases 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > insignia of order > specific Holy Ghost1725 1725 London Gaz. No. 6404/1 His Star and Holy Ghost were of Diamonds. 3. More fully Holy Ghost root, Holy Ghost's root, root of the Holy Ghost. The plant angelica, Angelica archangelica; (also) the root of this plant. Now rare. [After post-classical Latin radix sancti spiritus (1536 or earlier), sancti spiritus radix (1542 or earlier); compare German des Heiligen geysts wurz (1542 or earlier); so called, according to 16th-cent. botanists, either on account of its very sweet smell or its supposed efficacy against poisons.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > angelica angelica1527 lungwort1552 Holy Ghost1562 alexanders1637 jellico1853 archangel1855 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. xlv (margin) in Bulwarke of Defence Some call Radix sancti Spiritus the roote of the holie Ghoste. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 136/2 Sphondylium..the holye ghostes roote: Angelica. 1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. K5v/2 A Holy Ghost root herb. ?1841 W. Rhind Hist. Veg. Kingdom xxxii. 309/2 It may be inferred from its common name of angelica, as well as from another name, ‘The Holy Ghost’, which was sometimes given to it, that superstitious virtues were imputed to it. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 117 Holy Ghost, so called ‘for the angel-like properties therein’. 1914 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (U.S. ed. 3) 47/1 Angelica. The root of Angelica archangelica. European angelica, garden angelica, Holy Ghost root, an herb of southern and middle Europe; tonic and stimulant expectorant. 2017 S. Casas Old Style Conjure 170 Angelica, or the Holy Ghost root as some call it: worked with in all protection work. Phrases P1. Order of the Holy Ghost. a. A French order of knighthood instituted by Henri III of France in 1578. Now historical.The Order was officially abolished in July 1830, but its activities continued for some years after that date. [After Middle French Ordre du Saint-Esprit (more fully l'Ordre et milice du Benoist Sainct Esprit, literally ‘the order and militia of the blessed Holy Spirit’ (1578)).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood > other orders Order of the Holy Ghost1587 stole1728 seraphim1784 Legion of Honour1802 1587 tr. S. C. P. Let. French Gentleman 21 The King had sworne by all the solemnities of the order of the holy Ghost [Fr. l'ordre du S. Esprit], that he would neuer in any wise consent to permit any exercise of the Religion. 1686 J. S. Hist. Monastical Convent. 98 The Order of the Holy Ghost in France was Instituted by Henry the Third, in memory of his Nativity, Election to the Polonian Kingdom, and his coming to..the Crown of France, all which hapned on Whitsunday. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Holyness Before they receive the Order of the Holy Ghost, that of St. Michael is conferr'd, as a necessary Degree; for which Reason their Arms are surrounded with a double Collar. 1814 Wright's Leeds Intelligencer 25 Apr. His Majesty the King of France..afterwards invested the Duke of York with the French Order of the Holy Ghost. 2014 Church Hist. & Relig. Culture 94 268 On the day after his conversion he was made connectable de France and a few days later was admitted to the Order of the Holy Ghost. b. historical. A Roman Catholic religious order that originally specialized in the care of the sick and infirm in hospitals rather than monastic infirmaries.The order was founded by Guy de Montpellier in the 12th cent., and was officially abolished in 1783. [Compare post-classical Latin ordo sancti Spiritus (1613 or earlier), Italian Ordine di Santo Spirito (1601 or earlier), French Ordre du Saint Esprit (1693 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1842 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 13 291 (note) On the Foundling Hospitals of France... For the regulations of the order of the Holy Ghost, see tome v. p. 495. 1889 Archæol. Rev. 4 42 A hospital had been erected, of which the care had been entrusted to some friars of the order of the Holy Ghost. 1907 M. A. Nutting et al. in L. L. Dock Hist. Nursing I. 276 The order of the Holy Ghost from its earliest days was identified with the rise and development of general hospitals within city walls. 2012 C. P. Hourihane Grove Encycl. Medieval Art & Archit. 565/1 Pope Alexander IV..gave the monastery to the church of S Spirito in Sassia, Rome, so that it was no longer Benedictine but in the Order of the Holy Ghost until 1540. P2. knight of the Holy Ghost: a knight of the Order of the Holy Ghost (see Order of the Holy Ghost at Phrases 1a). Now historical and rare. [Apparently after French commandeur du Saint-Esprit (1578 in Middle French) and probably also after chevalier du Saint-Esprit (1581 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > position of commander in an order > of Order of the Holy Ghost knight of the Holy Ghost1607 garters1670 1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 986 Hee had not well obserued the articles of this Order, by the which no knight of the Holy ghost [Fr. Commandeurs du S. Esprit] might take any Pencion, Entertainment or Money from a forraine Prince. 1696 London Gaz. No. 3241/3 Paris, Dec. 3... There is to be a Promotion of the Knights of the Holy Ghost very suddenly. 1826 New Ann. Reg. 1825 Hist. Europe 74/2 During the offertory, the king-at-arms and three heralds carried the offerings to four knights of the Holy Ghost. 1879 National Jrnl. Educ. 9 102/3 This term [sc. cordon-bleu] properly belonged to the knights of the Holy Ghost, who were decorated with the ribbon. 1991 Jrnl. European Stud. 21 212 He moves on from an active military role to undertake the responsible court duties of grand prévôt and becomes a knight of the Holy Ghost. †P3. Cross of the Holy Ghost: the emblem of the Order of the Holy Ghost, consisting of a dove, a circle, and four fleur de lis at the centre of a Maltese cross. Cf. Order of the Holy Ghost at Phrases 1a. Obsolete. [After French croix du Saint-Esprit (1634 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) ii. xii. 342 They are also Officers of the Order, and may wear the Cross of the Holy Ghost [Fr. la Croix du Saint Esprit]. 1777 N. W. Wraxall Mem. Kings of France II. 282 Over the scarlet robe hangs the cross of the Holy Ghost, on his breast. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 3/1 Louis XVIII..presented Wellington with a cross of the Holy Ghost. Compounds Holy Ghost flower n. the Holy Ghost orchid, Peristeria elata; (also) the flower of such a plant. [Apparently after Spanish flor del Espíritu Santo (mid 19th cent. or earlier), so called because the central sexual structure of the flower resembles a dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit (compare dove-flower n. at dove n. Compounds 2).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1862 Bradford Observer 14 Aug. 8/2 There was one flower he was specially drawn to look for, because of the name by which it was designated—the Holy Ghost flower. 1882 Garden 10 June 401/3 The Dove plant..the beautiful Holy Ghost flower of the Spaniards. 1932 L. B. Wilder Fragrant Path 356 Peristeria elata. Holy Ghost Flower. Dove Flower. Very fragrant species with waxen white flowers. 2017 @SusanaDeLeonMD 14 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Mar. 2021) Beautiful! this orchid is considered the Panama's national flower, an [sic.] we refer to it as the ‘Holy Ghost Flower’. Holy Ghost orchid n. an epiphytic orchid native to Central America and northern South America, Peristeria elata, having ivory white cup-shaped flowers.Cf. earlier Holy Ghost flower n. and Holy Ghost plant n.Also called dove-flower, dove orchid, dove-plant, because the central sexual structure of the flower has been thought to resemble a dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit. ΚΠ 1865 Athenæum 5 Aug. 176/3 The Espiritu Santo or Holy Ghost orchid, to which he specially alludes, is an old inmate of our gardens, where it is generally known by the name of the Dove Plant. 1940 E. D. Greene Panama Sketches 11 ‘It is called the Holy Ghost orchid,’ he explained; ‘it only blossoms once in three years. I was fortunate to find one for you.’ 2017 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 28 Feb. (Ontario ed.) (Life & Arts section) 1 There's the orchid centre, where thousands of orchids are being propagated for replanting in the wild, including the white and rare Holy Ghost Orchid, Panama's national flower. Holy Ghost pear n. now rare an avocado. [So called as the result of a misinterpretation of avocado n. as reflecting Spanish abogado advocate n., with reference to the Christian concept of the Holy Spirit as an advocate for humankind before God (compare advocate n. 1).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > avocado shell-pear1672 alligator pear1696 avocado1697 vegetable marrow1788 subaltern's butter1816 midshipman's butter1866 Holy Ghost pear1886 1886 Hawaiian Almanac & Ann. 40 Alligator (properly avocado, i.e. Holy Ghost) pear, Persea gratissima. 1926 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Architects Jan. 2/2 The Holy Ghost pear, its very name an omen, jewels weird trees filled with parrots and monkeys. 2005 M. P. Foley Why do Catholics eat Fish on Friday? viii. 77 An old cognomen for an avocado is a Holy Ghost pear. What possible relation could there be between the Holy Spirit and the unusual green fruit from which guacamole is made? Holy Ghost plant n. now rare the Holy Ghost orchid, Peristeria elata. ΚΠ 1838 Woolmer's Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 29 Sept. That singularly unique production the Dove Plant, or Holy Ghost Plant of Panama, Peristeria elata. 1901 Boston Daily Globe 8 Nov. (Evening ed.) 5/6 Another wonderful feature is the Holy Ghost plant exhibited by deacon E. S. Converse of Malden, in the center of which is a dove. 1974 Garden Jrnl. Dec. 182/1 Many orchids, like the holy ghost plant, Peristeria elata, are equipped with a vibrital lip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.eOE
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