| 单词 | pope-burning |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspope-burning pope-burning n. the practice of burning an effigy of a pope; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities on Guy Fawkes day pope-burning1694 pope1766 1694 G. Ridpath Scots Episcopal Innocence 53 Mr. R. having, upon reading the account of the Pope burning at London, moved it first himself to some of his fellow Students. 1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. 316 One of the most innocent artifices..was the additional ceremony, pomp, and expence, with which a pope-burning was celebrated in London. 1873 W. D. Christie Poet. Wks. J. Dryden iii. 10 (note) The pope-burnings of Queen Elizabeth's night, which had occurred every year since the excitement of the Popish Plot. 1952 J. H. Wilson Nell Gwyn xii. 180 Nell Gwyn entertained the residents of Pall Mall with a pope-burning under the leafless elm trees at her front door. 1999 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 38 34 The same type of anti-Catholic agitation as occurred south of the border: attacks on Mass houses or the residences of prominent Catholics, and elaborate pope-burning rituals. < as lemmas |
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