Mount of Pietyn.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊnt əv ˈpʌɪᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌmaʊn(t) ə(v) ˈpaɪᵻdi/

Forms: 1600s Mount-Pietyes (plural), 1600s Mounts of Piety (plural), 1600s– Mount of Piety. Also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an Italian lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mount n.¹, of prep., piety n.

Etymology: < mount n.¹ + of prep. + piety n., after Italian monte di pietà Monte di Pietà n. or French mont de piété Mont de Piété n. Compare Monte di Pietà n., Mont de Piété n., Mount of Pity n.

In Italy and France: a pawnbroking establishment instituted and run by the state for providing loans to the poor at low interest. Now only with allusion to the Italian or French terms. Cf. Mont de Piété n., Monte di Pietà n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan-shop

mountain of piety1617

loan-house1622

Mount of Pietya1630

Monte di Pietà1654

loan-bank1662

loan-office1720

Mount of Pity1792

lending-house1797

Mont de Piété1840

loan-shop1849

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 93 A house called the mountaine of piety, where poore men may borrow money freely, bringing pawnes.]

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) i. viii. 160 For vsury five in the hundreth is allowed in the mounts of piety, which are bankes of mony to be lent to the poore.

1661 (title) Observations manifesting the conveniency and commodity of mount-pietyes, or publick bancks for relief of the poor and others in distress upon pawns.

1765 Ann. Reg. 153 He has left..500,000 crowns in the Mount of Piety.

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. ii. 137 It was she who took their watches and scarf-pins and things to the Mount of Piety in the Street of the Well of Love..in order to raise the necessary funds.

1953 D. J. Enright Laughing Hyena 55 A thin and aging lady: Fresh from the Mount of Piety's descent, she almost only owns The jewels she's standing up in.

1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 4 Mar. It meant..organising poor-relief through pawnshops run by the Church.., and to this day the French and Italian word for that sorry institution is ‘Mount of Piety’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mount of piety
释义	Mount of Pietyn. Brit. /ˌmaʊnt əv ˈpʌɪᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmaʊn(t) ə(v) ˈpaɪᵻdi/ Forms: 1600s Mount-Pietyes (plural), 1600s Mounts of Piety (plural), 1600s– Mount of Piety. Also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an Italian lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mount n.¹, of prep., piety n. Etymology: < mount n.¹ + of prep. + piety n., after Italian monte di pietà Monte di Pietà n. or French mont de piété Mont de Piété n. Compare Monte di Pietà n., Mont de Piété n., Mount of Pity n. In Italy and France: a pawnbroking establishment instituted and run by the state for providing loans to the poor at low interest. Now only with allusion to the Italian or French terms. Cf. Mont de Piété n., Monte di Pietà n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan-shop mountain of piety1617 loan-house1622 Mount of Pietya1630 Monte di Pietà1654 loan-bank1662 loan-office1720 Mount of Pity1792 lending-house1797 Mont de Piété1840 loan-shop1849 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 93 A house called the mountaine of piety, where poore men may borrow money freely, bringing pawnes.] a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) i. viii. 160 For vsury five in the hundreth is allowed in the mounts of piety, which are bankes of mony to be lent to the poore. 1661 (title) Observations manifesting the conveniency and commodity of mount-pietyes, or publick bancks for relief of the poor and others in distress upon pawns. 1765 Ann. Reg. 153 He has left..500,000 crowns in the Mount of Piety. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. ii. 137 It was she who took their watches and scarf-pins and things to the Mount of Piety in the Street of the Well of Love..in order to raise the necessary funds. 1953 D. J. Enright Laughing Hyena 55 A thin and aging lady: Fresh from the Mount of Piety's descent, she almost only owns The jewels she's standing up in. 1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 4 Mar. It meant..organising poor-relief through pawnshops run by the Church.., and to this day the French and Italian word for that sorry institution is ‘Mount of Piety’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1630
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