单词 | purple father |
释义 | > as lemmaspurple father purple father n. a cardinal; cf. sense B. 1c. 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 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 47 A purple sin..Since purple-fathers oft-times go vnto it. a1711 T. Ken Edmund iv, in Wks. (1721) II. 105 Even Purple Fathers of my Favours boast, They who should best know Heav'n, esteem me most. 1928 Times 31 Dec. 13/6 Henry [VIII] added a tennis court to the Palace which the Purple Father [sc. Cardinal Wolsey] had given him. < as lemmas |
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