单词 | quirinal hill |
释义 | > as lemmasQuirinal Hill Of, relating to, or designating the northernmost of the traditional seven hills of Rome, or a building or institution located on this hill. Esp. in Quirinal Hill, Quirinal Palace (cf. sense B. 2). ΚΠ 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. 210 Sic haly reliquis as mycht nocht be tursit for the tyme suld be closit vp in litill tvnnys and put in the tempil & housis of the preist quirinall [L. flaminis Quirinalis] vnder ȝerde. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 23 He had a high nose, if we credit the head put up by Fulvius Ursinus, found at Rome, at the bottome of the Quirinall hill. 1735 W. Duncombe Junius Brutus iv. vii. 77 See the Quirinal Gate be well defended. 1798 J. Salmon Descr. Wks. Art Anc. & Mod. Rome I. 246 This confraternity make a solemn procession to the church,..and, as they pass the Quirinal Palace, receive the pope's benediction. 1835 R. Mant Gospel Miracles 82 No gods of thine his soul's allegiance prove, Quirinal Mars, or Capitolian Jove. 1932 R. Rodd Rome of Renaissance & To-day iv. 65 It was from the Quirinal palace, actually in a state of siege, that the pontiff..escaped. 2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. 9 The Vatican had such a bad reputation because of its low-lying, malaria-prone position that Pope Gregory XIII opted for lofty heights of the Quirinal Hill. < as lemmas |
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