o-omin.

Brit.

/əʊˈəʊmi/,

/əʊˈɒmi/, U.S.

/oʊˈoʊmi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1900s o-mi, 1900s– o-omi. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese ō-omi.

Etymology: < Japanese ō-omi (1798 or earlier) < ō- great (see oban n.) + omi omi n.¹In quot. 1901 after the Japanese contracted form ō-mi (see omi n.¹).

Now historical.

In early imperial Japan: the leader of all the heads of clans or families claiming imperial ancestry (see omi n.¹), who served as the highest minister in the Yamato court until the Taika reform (646). Cf. omi n.¹, o-muraji n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > in Japan

o-muraji1869

omi1891

o-omi1901

1901 F. Brinkley Oriental Series: Japan I. iii. 53 The head of the clan..came to be distinguished by the prefix O (great or senior); as O-mi (the senior honourable person), O-muraji (the great master of the multitude), and so on.

1931 G. B. Sansom Japan i. ii. 37 We have the ō-omi, or great ministers, who were appointed from among the heads of clans closely related to the imperial family.

1970 J. W. Hall Japan v. 37 Spokesmen chiefs, Ō-omi and Ō-muraji, were named to serve as chief ministers of state.

1986 Monumenta Nipponica 41 202 According to recent research, status distinctions between the ō-omi and ō-muraji began to break down in the late sixth century.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	o-omi
释义	o-omin. Brit. /əʊˈəʊmi/, /əʊˈɒmi/, U.S. /oʊˈoʊmi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1900s o-mi, 1900s– o-omi. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese ō-omi. Etymology: < Japanese ō-omi (1798 or earlier) < ō- great (see oban n.) + omi omi n.¹In quot. 1901 after the Japanese contracted form ō-mi (see omi n.¹). Now historical. In early imperial Japan: the leader of all the heads of clans or families claiming imperial ancestry (see omi n.¹), who served as the highest minister in the Yamato court until the Taika reform (646). Cf. omi n.¹, o-muraji n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > in Japan o-muraji1869 omi1891 o-omi1901 1901 F. Brinkley Oriental Series: Japan I. iii. 53 The head of the clan..came to be distinguished by the prefix O (great or senior); as O-mi (the senior honourable person), O-muraji (the great master of the multitude), and so on. 1931 G. B. Sansom Japan i. ii. 37 We have the ō-omi, or great ministers, who were appointed from among the heads of clans closely related to the imperial family. 1970 J. W. Hall Japan v. 37 Spokesmen chiefs, Ō-omi and Ō-muraji, were named to serve as chief ministers of state. 1986 Monumenta Nipponica 41 202 According to recent research, status distinctions between the ō-omi and ō-muraji began to break down in the late sixth century. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901
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