prostratorn.

Brit.

/prɒˈstreɪtə/,

/prəˈstreɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈprɑˌstreɪdər/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– prostrater, 1600s– prostrator.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prostrator.

Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin prostrator person who overthrows (from 1250 in British sources) < classical Latin prōstrāt- , past participial stem of prōsternere prostern v. (compare prostrate v.) + -or -or suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier prostrate n.¹The specific use in sense 2 is a rendering of Byzantine Greek γονυκλινοῦντες , literally ‘kneeling’, Hellenistic Greek ὑποπίπτοντες , literally ‘falling down’ or post-classical Latin genuflectentes (see genuflect v.), prostrati (see prostrate n.¹), all in plural.

1. A person who overthrows or lays something low. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc. > one who or that which overthrows

supplanterc1390

subvertera1500

overthrower1548

subversor1548

downthringera1572

thringera1572

overthrow1581

overturner1591

prostrator1649

profligator1694

1649 Rectifying Princ. 3 But know (young man) for all this, thou shalt come to judgement; and as they sword hath made many a woman childlesse, so shall they mother be chidlesse [sic] this day—Precipitation waits on prostraters, &c.

1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα ii. xii. 189 Common people..are the great and infallible prostrators of all Religion, vertue, honour, order, peace, civility and humanity, if left to themselves.

1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 165 [The] Bishop of London..Prostrator-General of understandings and wills.

1925 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 40 805 Since Hreðel was pre-eminently a campaigner (his very name, in the form hlöðr, came to be used by the Skaldic poets as an epithet meaning ‘prostrator’), his conquest was naturally represented as having been accomplished by sheer force of arms.

2. A person who prostrates (prostrate v. 1), esp. as part of a religious observance; (in the early Orthodox Church) spec. a person belonging to the third order of penitents (penitent n. 2), permitted to attend services in a kneeling or prostrate position. Cf. kneeler n. 2, prostrate n.¹ 1. Now rare.Originally rendering Byzantine Greek: see the etymology.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing > varieties of

prostratea1600

succumbent1661

co-stander1709

prostrator1709

consistenta1711

kneeler1719

substrator1720

weeper1841

stander1877

scrupulant1938

1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 51 Next above the Hearers were the ὑποπιπτοντες, Prostrators, so call'd because tho' they were dismissed with the Catechumens, yet not before they had prostrated themselves before Bishop, Clergy, and Communicants.

1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) II. i. 29 They put down those..into the Station of Penitents, and Prostrators.

1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China II. iv. 303 The same ceremonies..likewise took place on that day in every part of the empire, the prostrators being every where attentive to turn their faces towards the capital.

1843 W. A. Hammond tr. Def. Faith Œcumen. Councils 31 The third order of penitents, called..kneelers or prostrators, because they were allowed to remain and join in certain prayers particularly made for them, whilst they were kneeling, or prostrate on the ground.

1954 Geogr. Jrnl. 120 148 Some pilgrims come thousands of miles and spend a lifetime on the way, covering the route by the length, or even by the breadth, of their bodies... Sometimes rich men pay a ‘professional prostrator’ to do the journey for them.

1997 Condé Nast Traveler Mar. 192/3 The prostrators generally equip themselves with narrow mattresses to soften the impact of the well-worn flagstones of the forecourt, and may have hand pads, the better to slide their hands along during the full-length prostration.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prostrator
释义	prostratorn. Brit. /prɒˈstreɪtə/, /prəˈstreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈprɑˌstreɪdər/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– prostrater, 1600s– prostrator. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prostrator. Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin prostrator person who overthrows (from 1250 in British sources) < classical Latin prōstrāt- , past participial stem of prōsternere prostern v. (compare prostrate v.) + -or -or suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier prostrate n.¹The specific use in sense 2 is a rendering of Byzantine Greek γονυκλινοῦντες , literally ‘kneeling’, Hellenistic Greek ὑποπίπτοντες , literally ‘falling down’ or post-classical Latin genuflectentes (see genuflect v.), prostrati (see prostrate n.¹), all in plural. 1. A person who overthrows or lays something low. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc. > one who or that which overthrows supplanterc1390 subvertera1500 overthrower1548 subversor1548 downthringera1572 thringera1572 overthrow1581 overturner1591 prostrator1649 profligator1694 1649 Rectifying Princ. 3 But know (young man) for all this, thou shalt come to judgement; and as they sword hath made many a woman childlesse, so shall they mother be chidlesse [sic] this day—Precipitation waits on prostraters, &c. 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα ii. xii. 189 Common people..are the great and infallible prostrators of all Religion, vertue, honour, order, peace, civility and humanity, if left to themselves. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 165 [The] Bishop of London..Prostrator-General of understandings and wills. 1925 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 40 805 Since Hreðel was pre-eminently a campaigner (his very name, in the form hlöðr, came to be used by the Skaldic poets as an epithet meaning ‘prostrator’), his conquest was naturally represented as having been accomplished by sheer force of arms. 2. A person who prostrates (prostrate v. 1), esp. as part of a religious observance; (in the early Orthodox Church) spec. a person belonging to the third order of penitents (penitent n. 2), permitted to attend services in a kneeling or prostrate position. Cf. kneeler n. 2, prostrate n.¹ 1. Now rare.Originally rendering Byzantine Greek: see the etymology. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing > varieties of prostratea1600 succumbent1661 co-stander1709 prostrator1709 consistenta1711 kneeler1719 substrator1720 weeper1841 stander1877 scrupulant1938 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 51 Next above the Hearers were the ὑποπιπτοντες, Prostrators, so call'd because tho' they were dismissed with the Catechumens, yet not before they had prostrated themselves before Bishop, Clergy, and Communicants. 1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) II. i. 29 They put down those..into the Station of Penitents, and Prostrators. 1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China II. iv. 303 The same ceremonies..likewise took place on that day in every part of the empire, the prostrators being every where attentive to turn their faces towards the capital. 1843 W. A. Hammond tr. Def. Faith Œcumen. Councils 31 The third order of penitents, called..kneelers or prostrators, because they were allowed to remain and join in certain prayers particularly made for them, whilst they were kneeling, or prostrate on the ground. 1954 Geogr. Jrnl. 120 148 Some pilgrims come thousands of miles and spend a lifetime on the way, covering the route by the length, or even by the breadth, of their bodies... Sometimes rich men pay a ‘professional prostrator’ to do the journey for them. 1997 Condé Nast Traveler Mar. 192/3 The prostrators generally equip themselves with narrow mattresses to soften the impact of the well-worn flagstones of the forecourt, and may have hand pads, the better to slide their hands along during the full-length prostration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649
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