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单词 recipiendary
释义

recipiendaryn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French récipiendaire.
Etymology: < French récipiendaire (1659 in the passage translated in quot. 1662 at sense 1) < classical Latin recipiendus , gerundive of recipere receive v. + -aire -ary suffix1.
Obsolete.
1. A person who is to be received into an order or society.
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1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 43 Enjoyning..the Bishop of the Province..to examine, not onely the Recipiendaries [Fr. Recipiendaires], but also the Pastors themselves.
1738 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 54/1 The Recipiendary having answered in the Affirmative, the Grand-Master orders him to be brought in.
1833 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 139/1 The apt Recipiendary is rapidly promoted through the three grades of Apprentice, Companion, Master.
1862 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art & Sci. Apr. 455 The recipiendary is led by a darksome path into a large hall.
2. Probably: a receptacle. rare.
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1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. xiv. 76 The old Marialva's delights are centered between his two silver recipiendaries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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