单词 | pontificate |
释义 | pontificaten. 1. a. Christian Church. The period of office of a bishop, esp. the Pope. Also (rare): the office or position of Pope; = papacy n. 1a. 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 2v In avinioun in..1363, Of þe pontificate [?c1425 Paris popedome; L. Pontificatus] of sir vrbanus þe 5a., þe first ȝere. 1647 T. Powell tr. V. Malvezzi Pourtract Politicke Christian-favourite 46 From St Peters in Rome..in the yeare of our Pontificate the first, and of the Lord, 1624. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2081/1 [The Pope] entred that day into the tenth year of his Pontificate. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 20 Imperiali..having been in a fair way of obtaining the pontificate. a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1779) X. 316 (note) Calepodius, a priest full of zeal, was attached to the service of the Roman church under the pontificate of Callistus. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 54 In the sixteenth century the Pontificate, exposed to new dangers..was saved by a new religious order. 1860 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops Canterbury I. vi. 310 During Etheldred's pontificate..Cameliac came to Canterbury to be consecrated. 1969 K. Clark Civilisation vii. 186 The pontificate of Matteo Barberini, who in 1623 became Pope Urban VIII. 1996 Independent 9 Feb. 12/8 Paul VI accepted this suggestion and thus prevented his pontificate's appearing to be obsessed with sexuality. b. The office of high priest; the period of office of a high priest. Cf. pontiff n. 2. ΘΚΠ 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 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. iv. iii, in Wks. 82 Aaron was not Elevated to the Pontificate by Canvassing or Favour, but by God's appointment. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Imam Some think it [sc.the imamate] of divine Right, and attach'd to a single Family, as the Pontificate of Aaron. 1833 C. F. Crusé tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) i. x. 39 With the pontificate of Annas. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xl. 324 The pontificate of these truckling Sadducees. 1946 Speculum 21 293 It was the first garment donned by Aaron on his consecration to the pontificate. 1993 P. B. Wagoner Tidings of King 184 The tradition appears to have been fabricated and promulgated..during the pontificate of Ramachandra Bharati. c. An act of presiding over a solemn high mass. rare. ΚΠ 1923 Abp. Seton Memories of Many Years 271 I pontificated six times... My last pontificate this year was at midnight on Christmas. 2. Roman History. The office of pontifex or Pontifex Maximus in ancient Rome. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient Roman > office of pontificate1581 flamenship1600 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 221 Cesar, at his going furth from his house in his sute for the great pontificate. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 152 [They] trample over your Faces magnificently, boasting their chief Pontificates. 1738 N. Hooke Rom. Hist. I. xix. 539 In the year of Rome 453..a Law is Pass'd..to qualify Plebians for the Pontificate and Augurate. 1868 W. Smith Smaller Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 7) 304/2 Whatever..civil or military office..a pontifex maximus held beside his pontificate. 1933 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 54 296 The Culex is accepted as a poem presented to Octavian on his elevation to the pontificate in 48 B.C. 1998 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 102 389/2 The connection between the cult of Vesta and the pontificate, and the dependence of the priestesses..on the most important sacerdotal college in Rome are described by a great number of ancient sources. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pontificatev. 1. a. intransitive. To perform the functions of a pontiff or other bishop; spec. to preside over a solemn high mass. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > be pompous or behave pompously [verb (intransitive)] pompc1450 to talk biga1616 overstate1639 swell1795 pontificate1818 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > assert dogmatically [verb (intransitive)] dogmatize1611 to lay out1748 to lay down the law1762 pontificate1818 pundit1940 society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > celebrate mass [verb (intransitive)] > as bishop pontificate1818 1818 J. C. Hobhouse Hist. Illustr. 262 When the Pope pontificates, the Senator stands amidst a seated assembly. 1857 J. Morris in J. H. Pollen Life & Lett. J. Morris (1896) v. 127 I beg that the bishop of Southwark will preach, pontificate, and consecrate the altar stones. 1923 Abp. Seton Memories of Many Years 271 I pontificated six times... My last pontificate this year was at midnight on Christmas. 1994 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. June 54/2 He pontificated at three Christmas Masses. b. transitive. Of a bishop: to preside over (a solemn high mass). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > celebrate mass [verb (transitive)] > as bishop pontificate1889 1889 Catholic Househ. 11 May 5/1 The Holy Sacrifice [was] pontificated by Cardinal Schiaffino. 1919 Times 25 Aug. 12/2 The solemn High Mass pontificated by the Archbishop of Cashel. 2001 Press Jrnl. (Vero Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 25 Apr. c2 Pope Paul is coming to address the United Nations and pontificate a Mass at Yankee Stadium. 2. a. intransitive. To speak in a dogmatic or pompous manner; (also occasionally) to behave in an arrogant or high-handed way. ΚΠ 1898 J. E. C. Bodley France II. iv. 190 If such a phrase may be used of an anti-clerical statesman, he pontificated before the Assembly. 1909 Englishwoman Apr. 296 The need of such a group as that which pontificates from Villa Wahnfried is past. 1921 R. Hichens Spirit of Time v. 76 Why should I allow this young woman to pontificate about human nature. 1952 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 1/4 Success made him pontificate more than ever. 1979 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 22 May 6 a/1 They [sc. senators] must think they are pontificating on the moon or Mars or somewhere remote from Jefferson City. 1995 Private Eye 25 Aug. 7/1 He is well equipped to pontificate about foreigners. b. transitive. To say or utter (something) in a pontifical, pompous, or dogmatic manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > utter dogmatically [verb (transitive)] pontificate1922 1922 A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom iv. i. 252 All modern teaching, if this new stuff that they pontificate may be called teaching, offers us [etc.]. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 24 July 4/5 The court pontificated, ‘One cannot look at a rainbow with mud on his shoes.’ 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiv. 449 Realism isn't a set of rules, it's an intention, I pontificated at an amused, unusually tolerant Vina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425v.1818 |
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