单词 | profession of arms |
释义 | > as lemmasprofession of arms a. Armed combat as a professional activity; the military profession; service as a soldier. Now somewhat archaic, except in profession of arms. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] knightshipa1175 armsc1300 knighthoodc1384 warfarec1485 service1549 soldiership1561 soldierfare1579 military service1586 stipend1604 caska1616 milice1635 lance1641 militia1641 soldiering1643 camp1725 military1757 c1300 St. Martin (Laud) l. 32 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 450 Þine Armes ich habbe for-sake, Ich am Iesu cristes knyȝht. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 4371 (MED) A wys man, and of body vaylaunt, yn armys was a doghty squyere. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 1077 Whanne to harmes that he Cam, He wax A worthy Chevalrows Man. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. i. sig. Aj The right honorable offyce of armes & of Chyualrye. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. Pref. sig. j Such as I am (whose profession should chiefely be armes). 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. C8 Young knight what euer that dost armes professe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 44 Since first I follow'd Armes . View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh Prince (1642) 23 The Common-people..are to be dis-used from the practice of Armes. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 152. ⁋2 None of these Men of Mechanical Courage have ever made any great Figure in the Profession of Arms. 1771 R. Berenger Hist. & Art Horsemanship I. 170 Those persons who professed the science of arms were obliged to learn the art of managing their horses. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. vi. 75 To take up the profession of arms . View more context for this quotation 1892 Albemarle Sept. 99 The only one among them, who has professed arms, was a soldier at a beautiful time. 1951 D. H. James Rise & Fall Japanese Empire iii. 119 The profession of arms, previously the privilege of Samurai, was extended to heimin (commoners). 2009 Hist. & Theory 48 49 Gomez Suarez de Figueroa..sailed for Spain..to take up the heroic life of arms. < as lemmas |
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