单词 | phanar |
释义 | Phanarn. 1. The area of Istanbul which became the chief Greek quarter after the Ottoman Conquest; the Greek official class under the Turks, through whom the affairs of the Christian population in the Ottoman Empire were largely administered. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > Constantinople Rome1509 Topkhana1668 Phanar1753 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Greek official class under Turks Phanar1753 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 514 As a corollary to my former account sent to Dr. Mead..there was an accident of the plague..at Caffim, Pacha, and Phanar. 1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 78 Some years it [sc. the plague] is felt sporadically all the winter; and we hear some accidents in the Phanar, among the Greeks. 1819 T. Hope Anastasius I. ii. 42 He..plunged headlong into all the intrigues of the Fanar. 1878 B. Disraeli in W. F. Monypenny & G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli (1920) VI. 320 A perfect Greek of the Fanar. 1911 E. Pears Turkey & its People vii. 118 The patriarch of Constantinople..resides at the Phanar, a district in Constantinople... As there was much intrigue and bribery..under the sultans, Phanariot came to be a synonym for a man of unscrupulous political intrigue. 1968 Nagel's Encycl. Guide Turkey 137 If you only have three days..devote the second to the walls and the Blachernae and Phanar districts. 1993 S. Hackel in J. McManners Oxf. Hist. Christianity xv. 546 No body of people offered it more constant or munificent support than the specifically Greek élite of Constantinople, the proud residents of the Phanar, the Phanariots. 2. The seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople after the Ottoman conquest; the patriarch himself. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > patriarch > [noun] > Constantinople > seat Phanar1853 1853 Times 18 Oct. 7/3 The Patriarch was led away..and carried to the Phanar. 1900 ‘Odysseus’ Turkey in Europe vi. 276 One small Slavonic Church, however, that of Montenegro, resisted Hellenism and the Phanar as successfully as the Government withstood the Turks. 1936 H. Luke Making of Mod. Turkey iv. 97 It was only in 1850 that the Phanar, reluctantly and under Russian pressure, recognized the Church of the Greek kingdom as independent. 1961 D. Attwater Christian Churches of East II. iii. 22 In 1766 the Phanar obtained from the sultan Mustafa III an order for the suppression of the Serbian independent church. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) ii. 50 This morning I went to the Phanar to say goodbye to Fr. Dimitrios, and to collect the letters of introduction he has written to the hegumenoi (abbots) of the Greek monasteries in the Holy Land and Sinai. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753 |
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