单词 | provostry |
释义 | provostryn. 1. The office, territory, or jurisdiction of a provost (in various senses); spec. (a) a Roman praetorship or prefecture; (b) the provostship of a Scots burgh. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > prefect > position of provostry1420 prefecture?a1439 provosty1443 provostship1546 prefectureship1606 prefectship1609 society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > of a foreign town or city > position of provostry1420 provosty1443 provostship1541 prevostship1577 society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > in Scotland > position of provostship1541 provostry1545 1420 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) IX. 917 (MED) Baillages, Seneschalsies, Provostries, and other Offices longyng to the Governance of the Demayne. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. iv. 90 Certes the dignyte of the provostrye [L. praetura] of Rome was whilom a greet power. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xxxix. 43 He shalle spoylen the thy worshyp and of thy prouostry with grete shame and shendeshyp. 1545 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 214 His office of prouestry quhilk he had of the said tovnn. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 112 The provostrie of Sanct Johnestoun. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 383 There had been a long and old emulation betwixt the two Families..for the Wardenry of the middle Marches, and the Provostry of Jedburgh. 1663 Kirkcaldy Burgh Rec. Oct. Alexander Hird, proveist, gave in leit of proveisterie. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 306 Sir James Rocheid..who aspyred att the provistrie. 1793 W. Kennedy Ann. Aberdeen (1818) 334 Not concerning himself with the provostrie the town has been in the use to choose their provost. 1810 W. Scott Lett. (1932) II. 336 Your old friend Bailie Coulter died in his glorious year of Provostry. 1822 J. Galt Provost x. 74 Nothing very material..happened in the town, till the time of my first provostry. 1899 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 1 416 Their contents are taken partly from a règlement made for the provostry..of Paris. 1930 Eng. Hist. Rev. 45 537 King John gave his burgesses there control of the provostry in fee farm. 1975 Population Index 41 41/1 The authors present an analysis of that part of their research which concerns five provostries of southern Sweden. 2. a. The benefice of an ecclesiastical provost (see provost n. 1a); the revenue derived from such a benefice; (occasionally) the provostship of an educational college; = provostship n. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher > position of provostrya1450 rectorship1582 headship1592 provostship1623 headmastership1715 scholarchate1908 a1450 T. Bekington Let. in G. Williams Mem. Reign Henry VI (1872) II. 164 (MED) Frome provestre of the same collage Royall..we amove and prive yow, maister William, royally frome the same. 1488 Acts Parl. Scotl. II. 209/2 Bishoprikis abbacyis prouestriis, [etc.]. 1548–9 in E. Green Somerset Chantries (1885) 5 The parsonage ther is appropriat to the Provostrie of Wells. 1581 in J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. (1876) ii. xv. 446 An Act of Parliament ordaining all provostries and prebends to be given to scholars. 1641 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1817) V. 520/1 Ane dissolutione made be the proveist and first prebendar of the Colledge kirk of Corstorphine with advyse and consent of George Lord Forrester of Corstorphine vndoubted Patrone of the said Provesterie. 1702 H. Maxwell Anguis in Herba 48 She had conceded to her Luxemburg with its Provostry. 1783 Erskine's Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 6) Index, at Patron Patron of provostries and chaplainries. 1856 W. M. Hetherington Hist. Church Scotl. iii. 69/2 The funds of provostries, prebendaries, and chaplainries, were appropriated to maintain bursars in colleges. 1889 D. O. Hunter Blair tr. A. Bellesheim Hist. Catholic Church Scotl. III. 222 To retain..the provostry of St. Mary's and the rectorship of the University. 1898 A. F. Leach Mem. Beverley Minster I. Introd. 38 In the latter part of its existence, the Provostry of Beverley was a peculiar institution. 1983 M. Cox M. R. James xvi. 197 Well, it has materialized, this matter of the Provostry, (praepositura) of Eton. b. A church or cathedral under a provost; (also) the residence of a provost. ΚΠ 1753 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. III. Index 102/2 Provostries, collegiate churches, so termed from the Provost their superior. 1796 D. MacPherson Geogr. Illustr. Sc. Hist. Corstorfin, a provostry or collegiate church. 1800 New Hist. City of Edinb. (ed. 4) 69 The citizens..purchased a situation for the intended new college, consisting of part of the areas, chambers, and church of the collegiate provostry and prebends of the Kirk-a-field. 1825 J. G. Lockhart Let. 18 July in Mem. Life Scott (1838) VI. 56 A superb dejeuner in the Provostry [at Trinity College, Dublin]. 1897 Cent. Mag. June 277/1 She had seemed older when we met in the Provostry, and now to-day was slim and girl-like. 1911 A. F. Leach Educ. Charters & Documents 598 to 1909 p. xxviii In 1269 a second university college at Salisbury..was founded,..and a new church was built and annexed to the Provostry of the college. 2005 Observer (Nexis) 17 Apr. (Special Suppl.) 12 The stunning 1,000-year-old Benedictine Provostry of St Gerold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1420 |
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