pastophorusn.

Brit.

/ˌpastəˈfɔːrəs/, U.S.

/ˌpæstəˈfɔrəs/

Inflections: Plural pastophori.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pastophorus.

Etymology: < classical Latin pastophorus (2nd cent. a.d.) < Hellenistic Greek παστοϕόρος (usually plural) priest in ancient Egypt of unknown function < παστός (perhaps) shrine ( < πάσσειν to sprinkle (see paste n. and adj.) + -τος , suffix forming nouns) + -ϕόρος -phore comb. form.

Ancient History.

In ancient Egypt: a priest of an order responsible for carrying the shrines of gods in procession.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > Egyptian

pastophorus1706

Isiac1708

pastophore1795

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pastophories, (Greek) the most honourable order of Priests among the Egyptians.]

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pastophori, certain Priests, whose Business it was, at solemn Festivals, to carry the Shrine of the Deity.

1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 544 These Priests may have belonged to her, or else to the Goddess Isis, whose chief Priests, as Lucius Apuleius informs us, were called Pastophori.

1811 S. L. Fairfield Last Night Pompeii ii. 90 Her crowned pastophori, proud of their shame, Waved round the ribald picture, as they passed The mansions of their votaries.

1870 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (new ed.) 871/2 In consequence of the supposed influence of Isis and her priesthood in healing diseases, the pastophori obtained a high rank as physicians.

1907 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 38 126 Such an association at Arelate is proved by the assignment of seats in the amphitheatre to the pastophori.

1992 C. C. Schlam Metamorph. of Apuleius i. 10 It is highly unlikely that he [sc. Apuleius] ever served in a priestly rank, as a pastophorus, with a shaven head.

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

单词	pastophorus
释义	pastophorusn. Brit. /ˌpastəˈfɔːrəs/, U.S. /ˌpæstəˈfɔrəs/ Inflections: Plural pastophori. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pastophorus. Etymology: < classical Latin pastophorus (2nd cent. a.d.) < Hellenistic Greek παστοϕόρος (usually plural) priest in ancient Egypt of unknown function < παστός (perhaps) shrine ( < πάσσειν to sprinkle (see paste n. and adj.) + -τος , suffix forming nouns) + -ϕόρος -phore comb. form. Ancient History. In ancient Egypt: a priest of an order responsible for carrying the shrines of gods in procession. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > Egyptian pastophorus1706 Isiac1708 pastophore1795 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pastophories, (Greek) the most honourable order of Priests among the Egyptians.] 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pastophori, certain Priests, whose Business it was, at solemn Festivals, to carry the Shrine of the Deity. 1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 544 These Priests may have belonged to her, or else to the Goddess Isis, whose chief Priests, as Lucius Apuleius informs us, were called Pastophori. 1811 S. L. Fairfield Last Night Pompeii ii. 90 Her crowned pastophori, proud of their shame, Waved round the ribald picture, as they passed The mansions of their votaries. 1870 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (new ed.) 871/2 In consequence of the supposed influence of Isis and her priesthood in healing diseases, the pastophori obtained a high rank as physicians. 1907 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 38 126 Such an association at Arelate is proved by the assignment of seats in the amphitheatre to the pastophori. 1992 C. C. Schlam Metamorph. of Apuleius i. 10 It is highly unlikely that he [sc. Apuleius] ever served in a priestly rank, as a pastophorus, with a shaven head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1706
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