单词 | key-keeper |
释义 | key-keepern. 1. A person who has the custody or control of a key or set of keys. Cf. key-bearer n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian or custodian > keeper of keys keyherdeOE key-keeper1473 claviger1606 keyholder1814 1473 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. vi. 408 To..Nicholas key keper of oure litil parc there [sc. Windsor]. 1534 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 219 To the Key Kepers to thuse of the body of the Town. 1576 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 388 The Key Kepers of thys Cytie shall delyver them xli in money. 1628 tr. Meslier True Hist. Hipolito & Isabella 94 There was yet in the house an old woman,..who being the generall Key-keeper of all the roomes, and so went too and fro through the house, entred easily into those suspitions that a wicked old age is often subiect to. 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. App. 10 He must enquire, whether any money comes to the hands of the Superioress, without the Key-keeper's knowledge. a1711 T. Ken Psyche ii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 205 That Angel..Of the Abyss Key-keeper made, Rules the infernal Shade. 1796 Z. Swift Syst. Laws Connecticut II. iv. i. 4 Towns must annually appoint key-keepers for pounds, whose duty is to receive and secure creatures brought to the pounds. 1839 A. Somerville Hist. Brit. Legion vi. 138 A box which he caused to be made for depositing fines... What became of its contents was best known to the three key keepers! 1892 Antiquary Oct. 141 His application..was refused by the key-keeper. 1907 J. D. Brown Man. Libr. Econ. (rev. ed.) xx. 284 The person who removes the last sheet..is forced to ask the key-keeper of the emergency cupboard for the reserved stock. 1995 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 30 Dec. d1 I skulk along the grungy hallway to the desk, where the key keeper usually naps. 2. Christian Church. = key-bearer n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun] priesteOE presbyterOE sirec1290 beauperec1300 sirc1386 fatherhooda1393 fatherheada1434 paternity1439 pater1481 fathershipa1500 father1528 key-bearer?1531 key-keeper?1556 vicegerent1572 priestdom1588 sacerdosa1592 flasher1611 priesthooda1616 père1619 sacerdote1685 firekeeper1789 soggarth1836 priestship1868 soutane1890 joss-man1913 ?1556 E. P. in tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities Pref. sig. C.viv Searche the olde auncient wryters, and aske diuerse priestes, to knowe whiche bee the true keye kepers, and whiche are the false. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 134/2 Left with Peter the holy key keeper. 1618 Bp. J. Hall Righteovs Mammon 105 We doe not begge for a Couent, nor fright you with Purgatory, nor chaffer with you, for that invisible treasure of the Church whereof there is but one Key-keeper at Rome. 1659 R. Baxter Five Disputations of Church-government iii. vii. 343 Transcendent Papal arrogancy! Its well that these Prelates are not the only Key-keepers of heaven! for we see how we should then be used. 1714 M. Hole Pract. Disc. Liturgy Church of Eng. I. xxi. 169 Which Power was granted not to St. Peter only, as some would have it, who make him the sole Key-keeper of the Kingdom of Heaven; but to the other Apostles also. 1791 W. Huntington Funeral of Arminianism 64 The Pope has obtained as many good names as the Arminian. He is called Papa, Universal Bishop, Head of the Church, Key-keeper of Heaven, Our Lord, his Holiness, Christ's Vicar on earth. 1870 Dublin Univ. Mag. 712/1 He was told St. Peter was the author of the Roman manner, and that he was the key-keeper of heaven. 1941 A. de Blacam tr. in Irish Monthly 69 41 Marching we come, O celestial Key-keeper: Hear the prayer of thy pilgrims, O Peter! 2001 W. P. Graebel Engin. Fluid Mech. 626 In life, Saint Peter, the key keeper at the gates of heaven, was a commercial fisherman. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > in order to conform > to a standard or purpose > that which key-keeper1674 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 122 The best key-keeper of motion is an elater or bear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1473 |
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