单词 | ignorantine |
释义 | Ignorantineadj.n. Now historical. A. adj. Designating the Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic order of friars, founded in France in the late 17th cent., that provides schooling at primary, secondary, and university levels (chiefly in Ignorantine friar(s), Ignorantine brother(s)); of, relating to, or belonging to this order. See Christian Brothers n. (a).For the origin of the name see etymological note. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Ignorantine > [noun] Ignorantine brother(s)1811 Ignorantine friar(s)1811 Ignorantine1817 1811 tr. G. T. von Faber Sketches Internal State France vi. 145 Steps taken by ministers to ascertain how many of the ancient order of Ignorantine Friars are still left. 1828 Morning Chron. 4 Jan. Those who admit to the first communion only those who are the pupils of the ignorantine schools. 1868 Guardian 18 Mar. 310/1 The Ignorantine Brethren have been allowed to open a school in the neighbourhood. 1873 Illustr. London News 3 May 411/1 Ghent was visited with a serious fire on Wednesday, in which a school and chapel of the Ignorantine Order was destroyed. 1969 R. Greeman tr. ‘V. Serge’ Men in Prison (1972) xviii. 131 We have an abbot, a priest, an Ignorantine brother, a sexton. 2011 A. Thorpe tr. G. Flaubert Madame Bovary (2012) iii. xi. 328 He made comparisons between elementary schools and the Ignorantine brothers, to the detriment of these latter. B. n. An Ignorantine friar. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Ignorantine > [noun] Ignorantine brother(s)1811 Ignorantine friar(s)1811 Ignorantine1817 1817 Analectic Mag. July 26 Doubtless their means of instruction were limited, and the masters sometimes well deserve their appellation of Ignorantines. 1903 E. A. Vizetelly tr. E. Zola Truth ii. iv. 277 The two Jesuits had never ceased to take an interest in him, and it was thanks to them that he had become an Ignorantine. 1993 D. Macey Lives M. Foucault i. 10 According to another former pupil of the Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes, also known as the Ignorantines, the staff of their schools were excellent at bringing up children. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.n.1811 |
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