Leviten.

Brit.

/ˈliːvʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈliˌvaɪt/

Forms: Also Middle English levyte.

Etymology: < Latin levīta, also levītēs, < Greek λευίτης, < Λευί Levi (Hebrew Lēvī, which also means ‘Levite’).

1. Jewish History. (a) A descendant of Levi; one of the tribe of Levi. (b) One of that portion of the tribe who acted as assistants to the priests in the temple-worship.

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society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [noun] > Leviticalism > person

Levite1377

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 115 Archa dei in þe olde lawe leuites it kepten.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21241 Marc..Efter his kind..was leuite.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1755 In þe abhomynable oppressioun Of þe leuytes wyfe.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 180 The Leuites at thair awin hand Thay reft thair teind.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 197 In the Christian Church, the Office of Deacons succeeded in the Place of the Levites among the Jews.

1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter ii. i. 59 (note) The singers were Levites.

†2. transferred (from sense 1(b)). A deacon. Obsolete.A frequent rhetorical use of the word in medieval Latin.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > [noun]

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1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 130 Laurens þe leuite lyggynge on þe gredire, Loked vp to oure lorde.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miv^v/1 A Leuite,..diaconus.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xiv. 365 The divell..hath placed in the order of his priests, some greater or superiors, and some lesse, the one as Acolites, the other as Levites.

†3. Used somewhat contemptuously for: A clergyman. Also, in allusion to Judges 17:12, a domestic chaplain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun]

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > chaplain > [noun] > domestic

trencher-chaplain1589

Levite1640

1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable iv. sig. Gi^v There shall a little Levite Meet you, and give you to the lawfull bed.

1655 G. Sondes Plaine Narr. 13 If I had not a Levite in my House, I performed the office my selfe.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. i. 30 I say, he is a wanton young Levite.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr on Marriage in Wks. (1707) I. i. 87 The Levite it keeps from Parochial duty.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 327 A young Levite—such was the phrase then in use—might be had for his board, a small garret, and ten pounds a year.

†4. A loose dress, so called from its supposed resemblance to the dress of the Levites. Obsolete. [After French lévite.]

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > loose-fitting

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caftan1965

1779 H. Walpole Let. 15 Nov. in Corr. (1965) XXXIII. 139 A habit-maker..is gone stark in love with Lady Ossory, on fitting her with the new dress, I think they call it a Levite, and says he never saw so glorious a figure..but where the deuce is the grace in a man's nightgown bound round with a belt?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	levite
释义	Leviten. Brit. /ˈliːvʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈliˌvaɪt/ Forms: Also Middle English levyte. Etymology: < Latin levīta, also levītēs, < Greek λευίτης, < Λευί Levi (Hebrew Lēvī, which also means ‘Levite’). 1. Jewish History. (a) A descendant of Levi; one of the tribe of Levi. (b) One of that portion of the tribe who acted as assistants to the priests in the temple-worship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > Levite > [noun] deaconc1000 Levite1377 the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew > of specific dynasties or sects Levite1377 Rechabitea1382 Simeonite1530 Danite1535 Yemenite1566 Hasmonean1583 society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [noun] > Leviticalism > person Levite1377 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 115 Archa dei in þe olde lawe leuites it kepten. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21241 Marc..Efter his kind..was leuite. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1755 In þe abhomynable oppressioun Of þe leuytes wyfe. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 180 The Leuites at thair awin hand Thay reft thair teind. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 197 In the Christian Church, the Office of Deacons succeeded in the Place of the Levites among the Jews. 1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter ii. i. 59 (note) The singers were Levites. †2. transferred (from sense 1(b)). A deacon. Obsolete.A frequent rhetorical use of the word in medieval Latin. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > [noun] deaconc900 ministerc1300 Levite1393 diacre1523 gospellera1529 kirkmaster1573 bead-master1579 reliever1582 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 130 Laurens þe leuite lyggynge on þe gredire, Loked vp to oure lorde. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miv^v/1 A Leuite,..diaconus. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xiv. 365 The divell..hath placed in the order of his priests, some greater or superiors, and some lesse, the one as Acolites, the other as Levites. †3. Used somewhat contemptuously for: A clergyman. Also, in allusion to Judges 17:12, a domestic chaplain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] God's maneOE priestOE clerkc1050 secularc1290 vicary1303 minister1340 divinec1380 man of Godc1384 kirkmana1400 man of the churchc1400 cockc1405 Ecclesiastc1405 spiritual1441 ministrator1450 abbé1530 reverend1547 churchman1549 tippet-captain?1550 tippet knight1551 tippet man1551 public minister1564 reading minister1572 clergyman1577 clerk1577 padre1584 minstrel1586 spiritual1600 cleric1623 cassock1628 Levite1640 gownsman1641 teaching elder1642 ecclesiastic1651 religionist1651 crape1682 crape-gown-man1682 man in black1692 soul driver1699 secularist1716 autem jet1737 liturge1737 officiant1740 snub-devil1785 soul doctor1785 officiator1801 umfundisi1825 crape-man1826 clerical1837 God-man1842 Pfarrer1844 liturgist1848 white-choker1851 rook1859 shovel hat1859 sky pilot1865 ecclesiastical1883 joss-pidgin-man1886 josser1887 sin-shiftera1912 sin-buster1931 parch1944 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > chaplain > [noun] > domestic trencher-chaplain1589 Levite1640 1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable iv. sig. Gi^v There shall a little Levite Meet you, and give you to the lawfull bed. 1655 G. Sondes Plaine Narr. 13 If I had not a Levite in my House, I performed the office my selfe. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. i. 30 I say, he is a wanton young Levite. a1704 T. Brown Satyr on Marriage in Wks. (1707) I. i. 87 The Levite it keeps from Parochial duty. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 327 A young Levite—such was the phrase then in use—might be had for his board, a small garret, and ten pounds a year. †4. A loose dress, so called from its supposed resemblance to the dress of the Levites. Obsolete. [After French lévite.] ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > loose-fitting sack1599 slammerkin1729 trollopee1756 Levite1779 roundabout1856 Mother Hubbard1877 Mother Hubbard1883 muumuu1888 caftan1965 1779 H. Walpole Let. 15 Nov. in Corr. (1965) XXXIII. 139 A habit-maker..is gone stark in love with Lady Ossory, on fitting her with the new dress, I think they call it a Levite, and says he never saw so glorious a figure..but where the deuce is the grace in a man's nightgown bound round with a belt? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1377
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