单词 | pontificacy |
释义 | pontificacyn. The office of a pontifex or pontiff; (now esp.) the office of Pope; the tenure or duration of such an office; (also occasionally) the system of organization to which such an office belongs. Cf. pontificate n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] > office of keyOE popedomlOE apostailec1380 poperichea1387 thronec1390 papacya1393 papatea1393 see?a1400 popeheadc1410 popehoodc1410 pontificate?a1425 popeshipc1450 papality1483 pontificationa1500 pontificacy?1530 power of the keys1536 Apostolic seat1560 Catholic Seat1570 papalty1577 popedomship1588 oecumenacy1649 vice-godhead1659 chairship1660 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] > office of prelacya1387 pontificals?a1475 officialshipc1475 bishopric1520 high priesthood1535 superintendence1561 prelateship1570 pontificality1593 officiality1597 prelature1602 prelation1611 prelaty1641 pontificacy1665 pontificate1702 officialty1720 presulate1853 ?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Ev Put downe..from his pontyfycacy. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xv. 839 An euill prognostication of his Pontificacie. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 267 Omar sat twelve years..in the Pontificacy. 1793 J. Hely tr. R. O'Flaherty Ogygia II. 202 Lucius consulted pope Eleutherus at the beginning of his pontificacy. 1845 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 399/1 Armenian bankerism and Greek patriarchism and Roman pontificacy shake their nest of scorpions in its face, and bid it do its work, if it dare. 1959 Speculum 34 367 (end matter) (advt.) This invaluable reference work contains concise historical accounts..of the pontificacy of every Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. 2003 Scotsman (Nexis) 16 Oct. 14 To look back over the past 25 years—the longest pontificacy of the 20th century—is to see just how much Pope John Paul II has helped shape both the Catholic Church and the outside world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1530 |
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