| 单词 | presbyter john |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPresbyter John Presbyter John n. a mythical Christian priest and king; = Prester John n. ΚΠ 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. i. 3 Hee gaue them charge..that they shoulde procure to atteine to the sight of Presbiter Ioan [It. il Preteiani, Port. Prester Ioao]. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iii. vii. 68 Chichester beareth Saphyre, a Prester John or Presbyter John sitting on a tomb-stone, having in his left hand a Mound, and his right hand extended Topaz with a linnen Miter on his head. 1783 P. Freneau in I. Thomas Hist. Printing in Amer. (1874) 273 Tho' rul'd by the sceptre of Presbyter John. 1875 H. J. Van-Lennep Bible Lands ii. i. 344 The great khan of the Tartars himself was known as Presbyter John. 1984 20th Cent. Lit. 30 349 See Moore's depictions of..Presbyter John in ‘His Shield’. < as lemmas |
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