| 单词 | king-sacrificer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking-sacrificer king-sacrificer n. now historical (the title of) an ancient Roman priest who carried out ritual duties on behalf of, or in place of, the king; = King of (the) Sacrifices n. at Phrases 3a(h). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > various non-Christian superiors > [noun] > Roman king of the sacrificesc1540 king-sacrificer1600 Syriarch1840 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. 1086 When the bishop would have had him to resigne that office, that he might consecrate and inaugurate him the king sacrificer [L. pontifex], he refused so to doe. 1886 J. S. Blackie What does Hist. Teach? ii. 71 A rex sacrificulus, or king-sacrificer,..took rank in all the public pontifical dinners above the pontifex maximus himself. 1982 H. A. Myers & H. Wolfram Medieval Kingship i. 8 The role of the king as placator of the gods..lasted..into the Roman Republic in the person of the king-sacrificer. < as lemmas |
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