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单词 neocorate
释义

neocoraten.

Brit. /nɪˈɒkərət/, U.S. /niˈɑkərət/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Neokorat.
Etymology: < German Neokorat (1835 in the passage translated in quot. 1847) < classical Latin neōcorus custodian of a temple ( < ancient Greek νεωκόρος custodian of a temple, in Hellenistic Greek also title assumed by Asiatic cities under the Roman Empire when they had built a temple in honour of their patron-god or the Emperor < νεώς , Attic form of ναός temple (see naos n.) + κορεῖν to sweep, of unknown origin) + German -at -ate suffix1. Compare French néocorat (1765).
Roman History.
Custodianship of a temple, as a distinction assumed by, or granted to, Asiatic cities under the Roman Empire.
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society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > office of having custody or charge of
neocorate1847
1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §405 459 Cities which have the neocorate of a temple, usually hold an idol or the temple in the hand.
1889 W. M. Ramsay in Classical Rev. 175 The neocorate—which was granted by formal decree of the Roman Senate to certain cities of Asia—related to local cults of Emperors and imperial families.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 456/1 Thyateira..was never a metropolis or honoured with a neocorate.
1961 S. E. Johnson in A. Wikgren Early Christian Origins 87 The inscription confirms..that Sardis had already received a second neocorate in the reign of Antoninus Pius.
1986 Classical Rev. 36 i. 101 The senate maintained some role in the hearing of embassies and the conferral of specific privileges (such as the neocorate).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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