| 单词 | president of the immortals |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPresident of the Immortals b. A presiding god, guardian, or patron. In later use only in President of the Immortals. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > [noun] > patron avowe1297 avowrya1387 setter-forth1451 fautora1464 patron1466 presidenta1522 benefactor1532 patronizer1596 favourer1625 patroona1641 good fairy1716 fairy godfather1847 avoué1851 tall relative1976 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > protector or patron fathereOE mundOE governor1340 protectorc1390 feedera1400 patronc1400 taker-upa1425 fautora1464 provisora1475 vower1488 presidenta1522 parent1526 guardiant1618 big brother1837 avoué1851 fanger- a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. v. 97 O blyssyt moder of the goddis..be thou in batall now my president [L. princeps]. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 74v At this match..Was neyther Iuno, President of mariage [L. pronuba Iuno] wont to bee. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 238 The Nymphes are sayed to bee presedents or dieties of the fountaines. c1650 Don Bellianis 216 I do most humbly beseech you (sole president of Divine Excellency..) to let me kiss the wonder of your hands. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xx. 165 The Tutelar Deities of the Place, and Presidents of the Sea. 1708 in J. Hughes Lett. Eminent Persons Deceased (1772) 269 Great president of light and eye of day, As through this glass you cast your visual ray, Confess, that, in your progress round the sphere, You've found the happiest youths and brightest beauties here. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. lix. 277 ‘Justice’ was done, and the President of the Immortals (in Æschylean phrase), had ended his sport with Tess. 1898 A. Lang Making Relig. xvii. 317 In polytheism that conception is necessarily obscured, showing itself dimly either in the Prytanis, or President of the Immortals, such as Zeus; or in Fate. 1942 C. Morley Thorofare v. 378 You don't know how lucky you were: the President of the Immortals had the lines all laid for you to run respectful in the groove and end up just a provincial clark or a shopman like me. How did you slip your mooring? 1986 R. Barnard Bodies iv. 30 Mrs. Cordle's outburst was at once an expression of complete mystification and a personal protest to the President of the Immortals. < as lemmas |
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