Montemn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒntɛm/, U.S.

/ˈmɑn(t)əm/

Forms: 1700s Montain, 1700s– Montem. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin montem, mōns.

Etymology: < classical Latin montem (in ad montem to the hill, with reference to a mound near Slough, Berkshire, where the event was held), accusative of mōns mount n.¹

Now historical.

A festival celebrated (at first annually, later triennially) by the scholars of Eton College, who processed in fancy dress to ‘Salt Hill’, a mound near Slough, to raise money towards the expenses of the senior colleger (called the ‘Captain of the Montem’) when he went up to King's College, Cambridge.The last procession was held in 1844.

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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivity at college > specific at Eton

Montem1744

1744 P. Dod in Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 561 This young Gentleman had..over-heated himself..by performing a Part at the Montain, near Eton, where he was a Scholar.

1745 R. Cust in H. C. Maxwell-Lyte Eton Coll. (1899) 511 It was never Mr. Cook's intention to let us have a Montem this year.

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 134 Mr. Surface, it seems, had come home the night before late from Salthill, where he had been to see the Montem with a friend, who has a son at Eton.

1817 J. Evans Excursion to Windsor 353 The ancient custom of the Montem is celebrated at Eton every third year on Whit-Tuesday.

1899 A. West Recoll. I. i. 60 I took part in the last ‘montem’.

1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches vi. 115 He depicts the sayings and doings of the Eton boys of that time on the great triennial festival—Montem—to which old Etonians were accustomed to resort.

1993 Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. The odd custom of Montem was observed there [i.e. at Eton] from the beginning... This was a combination of highway robbery and rag week.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

Montem day n.

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a1769 Huggett in Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1813) I. 345 The Montem day used to be fixed for the first Tuesday in Hilary Term.

1876 Harper's Mag. Sept. 527/2 It has been suggested that the giving of salt to strangers on Montem day was intended to symbolize the admission of those who had paid their footing to the Eton festivities.

Montem dinner n.

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1893 A. G. Grinnan in William & Mary Q. 2 118 Mrs. Young..paid the bills of tailors,..cost of montem poles and the montem dinner, and all manner of expenses incident to their position.

Montem dress n.

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1817 Gentleman's Mag. June 559/2 The young Gentlemen walked..in grand procession, to Frogmore, in their full Montem dresses.

1939 D. Cecil Young Melbourne facing p. 45 William Lamb at seventeen in Montem Dress.

Montem pole n.

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1893 A. G. Grinnan in William & Mary Q. 2 118 Mrs. Young..paid the bills of tailors,..cost of montem poles and the montem dinner.

Montem procession n.

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1856 Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer 1683/2 Salt Hill..until lately noted as the place to which the Eton boys made the triennial ‘montem’ procession, abolished in 1847.

1922 S. Leslie Oppidan x. 127 She had watched the last Montem procession.

C2.

Montem-sure-night n. the night of the twentieth day before the Montem, when it became certain that the senior colleger could not receive a twenty-day summons to present himself for a vacant place at King's College, Cambridge, and so would be ‘Captain of the Montem’.

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1865 W. L. Collins Etoniana 153 The night which followed the twentieth day before the Montem was called Montem-sure-night.

1891 Littell's Living Age 21 Nov. 498/1 Till midnight it could not be known for certain who would be captain. We called that night ‘Montem-sure Night’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	montem
释义	Montemn. Brit. /ˈmɒntɛm/, U.S. /ˈmɑn(t)əm/ Forms: 1700s Montain, 1700s– Montem. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin montem, mōns. Etymology: < classical Latin montem (in ad montem to the hill, with reference to a mound near Slough, Berkshire, where the event was held), accusative of mōns mount n.¹ Now historical. A festival celebrated (at first annually, later triennially) by the scholars of Eton College, who processed in fancy dress to ‘Salt Hill’, a mound near Slough, to raise money towards the expenses of the senior colleger (called the ‘Captain of the Montem’) when he went up to King's College, Cambridge.The last procession was held in 1844. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivity at college > specific at Eton Montem1744 1744 P. Dod in Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 561 This young Gentleman had..over-heated himself..by performing a Part at the Montain, near Eton, where he was a Scholar. 1745 R. Cust in H. C. Maxwell-Lyte Eton Coll. (1899) 511 It was never Mr. Cook's intention to let us have a Montem this year. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 134 Mr. Surface, it seems, had come home the night before late from Salthill, where he had been to see the Montem with a friend, who has a son at Eton. 1817 J. Evans Excursion to Windsor 353 The ancient custom of the Montem is celebrated at Eton every third year on Whit-Tuesday. 1899 A. West Recoll. I. i. 60 I took part in the last ‘montem’. 1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches vi. 115 He depicts the sayings and doings of the Eton boys of that time on the great triennial festival—Montem—to which old Etonians were accustomed to resort. 1993 Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. The odd custom of Montem was observed there [i.e. at Eton] from the beginning... This was a combination of highway robbery and rag week. Compounds C1. General attributive. Montem day n. ΚΠ a1769 Huggett in Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1813) I. 345 The Montem day used to be fixed for the first Tuesday in Hilary Term. 1876 Harper's Mag. Sept. 527/2 It has been suggested that the giving of salt to strangers on Montem day was intended to symbolize the admission of those who had paid their footing to the Eton festivities. Montem dinner n. ΚΠ 1893 A. G. Grinnan in William & Mary Q. 2 118 Mrs. Young..paid the bills of tailors,..cost of montem poles and the montem dinner, and all manner of expenses incident to their position. Montem dress n. ΚΠ 1817 Gentleman's Mag. June 559/2 The young Gentlemen walked..in grand procession, to Frogmore, in their full Montem dresses. 1939 D. Cecil Young Melbourne facing p. 45 William Lamb at seventeen in Montem Dress. Montem pole n. ΚΠ 1893 A. G. Grinnan in William & Mary Q. 2 118 Mrs. Young..paid the bills of tailors,..cost of montem poles and the montem dinner. Montem procession n. ΚΠ 1856 Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer 1683/2 Salt Hill..until lately noted as the place to which the Eton boys made the triennial ‘montem’ procession, abolished in 1847. 1922 S. Leslie Oppidan x. 127 She had watched the last Montem procession. C2. Montem-sure-night n. the night of the twentieth day before the Montem, when it became certain that the senior colleger could not receive a twenty-day summons to present himself for a vacant place at King's College, Cambridge, and so would be ‘Captain of the Montem’. ΚΠ 1865 W. L. Collins Etoniana 153 The night which followed the twentieth day before the Montem was called Montem-sure-night. 1891 Littell's Living Age 21 Nov. 498/1 Till midnight it could not be known for certain who would be captain. We called that night ‘Montem-sure Night’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744
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