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单词 oeconomus
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oeconomusn.

Brit. /iːˈkɒnəməs/, U.S. /iˈkɑnəməs/
Inflections: Plural oeconomi.
Forms: 1600s– oeconomus; Scottish pre-1700 econimes, pre-1700 economus, pre-1700 ekonomous, pre-1700 iconemus, pre-1700 iconimus, pre-1700 iconomaws, pre-1700 iconomus, pre-1700 iconymus, pre-1700 oeconomes, pre-1700 oeconomos, pre-1700 oiconomus, pre-1700 ychonomussis (plural), pre-1700 yconimos, pre-1700 yconimos (plural), pre-1700 yconimouse, pre-1700 yconimus, pre-1700 yconimys, pre-1700 yconomas, pre-1700 yconomus, pre-1700 yconymus, pre-1700 1700s– oeconomus, 1700s oeconomous.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin oeconomus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin oeconomus housekeeper, steward, administrator, especially of a religious foundation (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian; also economus (from 8th cent. (frequently from 11th cent.) in British sources), iconomus (from 10th cent. in British and continental sources), and yconomus (11th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources)) < ancient Greek οἰκονόμος house-steward < οἶκος house (see oecist n.) + -νόμος , combining form < the stem of νέμειν to manage (see nomos n.). Compare Middle French, French économe, †œconome person who is responsible for the finances of a house, hospice, etc. (1546; late 14th cent. as iconome, yconome; from 1835 also of a college), monk who is responsible for the finances of a religious house (c1740; 1337 in Old French as aconome).
Now historical.
A steward or manager of the properties and finances of a religious foundation or society; a steward of a college; (also) † the office itself (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property > in a college or university
oeconomus1517
economy1525
domestic bursar1907
1517 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 103 [Sir Patrick produced] the kingis lettres of yconimus [for Ferne].
1519 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (MS) XXXII. f. 192 He..gaif in his supplicacioun tuiching the priory of Quhithern and desyrit to be yconomus and to entir to the fructis tharof.
1561 in J. Beveridge & G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1957) V. i. 210/1 Togidder with the confirmatioun or constitutioun of oeconomos.
1592 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 589/1 Ludouick, duke of lennox commendater of þe priorie of sanctandrois and his yconomus.
1599 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 189/1 That thair salbe..ane counsall of that vniuersitie [sc. St Andrews]..quhilkis salhaif poware to haif the yconimus in euerie colledge.
1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks ii. iii. 404 Christ Jesus, dispensing them all by himself and administering them severally, not by any one oeconomus, but by the several Bishops as inferiour Heads.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. ii. iii. 41 All the Alms, and all the Revenues..were kept in common, under the Care of the Deacons, and Oeconomi.
1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece 195 He was Oeconomus or bailiff.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. v. 373 A steward or œconomus must be appointed in each church.
1892 M. Stokes Six Months in Apennines 123 There were two œconomi (stewards) in each monastery, one greater, the other lesser.
1910 Encycl. Brit. 12/1 Each separate community had its own oeconomus or steward, who was subject to a chief oeconomus stationed at the head establishment.
1943 Speculum 18 215 Pope Eugenius iii..decided that the abbot and monks of Clairvaux..should have an oeconomus, who could litigate and take the oath for them.
1986 J. M. Hussey Orthodox Church in Byzantine Empire ii. 316 In Constantinople appointment would be by the Patriarch or very exceptionally by the Emperor as was the case for a time with the oeconomus who might then be a layman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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