† malchusn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French malchus.

Etymology: < French malchus sword (1534 in Middle French), confessional with only one oreille, or place for a penitent to be heard (1743; 1694 in form malcus), in both senses < the name of Malchus, a servant of the high priest, whose ear St Peter cut off with a sword (according to John 18:10). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·lkɒ̆s) /ˈmælkəs/.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Church History. A confessional of a particular type (see quot. 1883).

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malchus1883

1883 J. W. Mollett Illustr. Dict. Art & Archæol. 204/1 Malchus, an old term for a confessional having only one stool for penitents; it signified that which has only one ear, from the fact that Malchus, Caiaphas' servant, was deprived of his right ear by Peter.

2. A short cutting-sword.

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1890 in Cent. Dict. Malchus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	malchus
释义	† malchusn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French malchus. Etymology: < French malchus sword (1534 in Middle French), confessional with only one oreille, or place for a penitent to be heard (1743; 1694 in form malcus), in both senses < the name of Malchus, a servant of the high priest, whose ear St Peter cut off with a sword (according to John 18:10). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·lkɒ̆s) /ˈmælkəs/. Obsolete. rare. 1. Church History. A confessional of a particular type (see quot. 1883). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > confessional > [noun] > having only one stool for penitents malchus1883 1883 J. W. Mollett Illustr. Dict. Art & Archæol. 204/1 Malchus, an old term for a confessional having only one stool for penitents; it signified that which has only one ear, from the fact that Malchus, Caiaphas' servant, was deprived of his right ear by Peter. 2. A short cutting-sword. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > short sword saxa800 knifec1175 whinyard1478 hanger1481 short-sword1508 whinger1540 whanger1541 half-sword1552 estocade1579 wacadash1613 acinaces1653 dourlach1825 estoc1830 dah1832 simi1860 malchus1890 kirpan1904 1890 in Cent. Dict. Malchus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1883
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