Parabolanusn.

Brit.

/ˌparəbəˈleɪnəs/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛrəbəˈleɪnəs/

Inflections: Plural Parabolani, Parabolans.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Parabolanus, Parabalanus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Parabolanus, variant of Parabalanus a person in the Church of Alexandria charged with the care of the sick (5th cent. and 6th cent. respectively in the Theodosian and Justinian Codices; usually plural) < Byzantine Greek παραβαλανεύς (5th cent.; usually in plural, παραβαλανεῖς ) < ancient Greek παρα- para- prefix¹ + βαλανεύς bath attendant, of unknown origin.The etymology proposed in quots. 1846, 1910 is based on the variant post-classical Latin Parabolanus.

Church History.

In the Church in Alexandria and Constantinople in the 5th and 6th centuries: a member of a class of unordained helpers who attended the sick in times of plague, etc. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun]

nouricec1225

keeper?c1450

nursekeeper1602

nursea1616

Parabolanus1673

sister1716

nurse-tendera1743

sick-nurse1816

Nightingale1862

Norlander1944

1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. ii. 267 These Parabolani were a Kind of Clergy Physitians.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Parabolans were not allowed to withdraw themselves from their Function, which was the Service of the sick.

1846 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 5) 689 They were called Parabolani from their undertaking a most dangerous and hazardous office (παραβολον εργον) in attending the sick, especially in infectious and pestilential diseases.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. v. 112 Philammon went out with the parabolani, a sort of organised guild of district visitors.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XX. 185/1 The parabolani, who at great personal risk—whence the name—visited the sick in pestilence.

1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 1013/1 The Parabolani were clerics under episcopal supervision and exempt from public duties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parabolanus
释义	Parabolanusn. Brit. /ˌparəbəˈleɪnəs/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəbəˈleɪnəs/ Inflections: Plural Parabolani, Parabolans. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Parabolanus, Parabalanus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Parabolanus, variant of Parabalanus a person in the Church of Alexandria charged with the care of the sick (5th cent. and 6th cent. respectively in the Theodosian and Justinian Codices; usually plural) < Byzantine Greek παραβαλανεύς (5th cent.; usually in plural, παραβαλανεῖς ) < ancient Greek παρα- para- prefix¹ + βαλανεύς bath attendant, of unknown origin.The etymology proposed in quots. 1846, 1910 is based on the variant post-classical Latin Parabolanus. Church History. In the Church in Alexandria and Constantinople in the 5th and 6th centuries: a member of a class of unordained helpers who attended the sick in times of plague, etc. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun] nouricec1225 keeper?c1450 nursekeeper1602 nursea1616 Parabolanus1673 sister1716 nurse-tendera1743 sick-nurse1816 Nightingale1862 Norlander1944 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. ii. 267 These Parabolani were a Kind of Clergy Physitians. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Parabolans were not allowed to withdraw themselves from their Function, which was the Service of the sick. 1846 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 5) 689 They were called Parabolani from their undertaking a most dangerous and hazardous office (παραβολον εργον) in attending the sick, especially in infectious and pestilential diseases. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. v. 112 Philammon went out with the parabolani, a sort of organised guild of district visitors. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XX. 185/1 The parabolani, who at great personal risk—whence the name—visited the sick in pestilence. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 1013/1 The Parabolani were clerics under episcopal supervision and exempt from public duties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673
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