| 单词 | prince of the church |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPrince of the (Holy Roman) Church a. In full Prince of the (Holy Roman) Church. A Cardinal; the title given to a Cardinal; (also occasionally) any high ranking member of the clergy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > cardinal > [noun] cardinallOE redcap?1539 carnalc1540 prince1581 red hat1598 purple father1615 national1625 eminence1653 eminency1670 nationist1670 redshank1824 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 948 Better it is to trust in God then in Princes, not onely in the Princes of the worlde, but in the Princes of the Church. 1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici 159 He had also the attribut of Eminence given him..to distinguish and peculiarize him from other Cardinals, and Princes of the Church. 1712 L. Howel View of Pontificate 317 The Owner and Professor of these Tenets was protected and follow'd by the Princes of the Church; (for such the Cardinals now began to be). 1842 F. W. Faber Foreign Churches ii. 268 It has been asserted..that among the higher orders of society in the Papal States another party has been formed, which includes..a few of the princes of the Church. 1901 Walker & Burrow Cdl. Newman x. 145 His body was laid in state with the insignia of a Prince of the Holy Roman Church. 1994 R. Hellenga Sixteen Pleasures v. 93 The idea that nuns might be scholars has never sat very well with the princes of the church. < as lemmas |
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