单词 | king of sacrifices |
释义 | > as lemmasKing of (the) Sacrifices King of (the) Sacrifices n. (also King of Sacrifice) [after classical Latin rēx sacrōrum] now historical (a title for) an ancient Roman priest who carried out ritual duties on behalf of, or in place of, the king. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > various non-Christian superiors > [noun] > Roman king of the sacrificesc1540 king-sacrificer1600 Syriarch1840 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. xiii. 300 Grete Iupiter and romulus..and all þe remanent kingis eftir him succeding, & þe kingis of sacrifice, ar callit men. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 172 It neuer came to be his happe to be yerely gouernour, nor keeper of the lawes, nor King of the sacrifices. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 871 The officer at Rome called Rex sacrorum, that is to say, the king of sacrifices. 1668 J. Wells Pract. Sabbatarian lii. 741 It was not lawful for the King of the Sacrifices..to see a work done on their holy days. 1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. sig. Bbb3 The Wife of the King of the Sacrifices was called Regina. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxviii. 71 The King of the Sacrifices represented the person of Numa, and of his successors, in the religious functions, which could be performed only by royal hands. 1862 N. Darnell tr. J. J. I. von Döllinger Gentile & Jew in Courts Temple of Christ II. vii. ii. 66 The wife of the king of sacrifice was styled ‘queen’, and had to assist him in certain sacrifices. 1884 Lippincott's Mag. Apr. 350/2 The King of the Sacrifices—Rex Sacrorum—offered on this day a sacrifice upon the Comitium. 1988 J. Stambaugh Anc. Rom. City ii. 18 The Domus Publica..housed the ‘King of Sacrifices’, who performed on behalf of the state the sacred rites that had been the king's responsibility. 2009 S. Hitch (title) The king of sacrifice: ritual and royal authority in the Iliad. 2012 J. Rüpke Relig. in Republican Rome i. 19 Ritual tasks..were in the postmonarchic state performed by the supreme pontiff (pontifex maximus) and the ‘king of the sacrifices’ (rex sacrorum). < as lemmas |
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