单词 | right worshipful |
释义 | > as lemmasright worshipful 1. A person regarded as deserving honour and respect; a worshipful person; spec. a person entitled to the form of address or honorific title ‘worshipful’. Also most worshipful, right worshipful, and as a form of address or reference (with or without your, etc.).Formerly also with unchanged plural. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] justicea1225 magistratec1384 Justice of the Peace1423 justiciary1548 justicer1550 justiciar?1550 law-keeper1644 law-officer (of the Crown)1781 worshipful1807 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. ix. 15 Þe longe lyuende & þe worshipeful [a1425 L.V. an elde man and onourable] he is þe heued, & þe prophete techinge lesing he is þe tail. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 161 Þan durst y do my devoire with any worshipfulle to be wonnynge. 1536 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 129 As by the reporte of dyvers worshyppfulles..yt ys to us openly declared. 1565 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 49 As he hard it reportid by diuerse worshipfull and others. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 30v Hauyng..deceiued some Justices of Peace, and other worshypfull of countrey, where they dwel. a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) Ep. Ded. sig. A3 So (right worshipfull) after your returne from the Low Countries, [etc.]. 1608 W. Boswell Let. 18 May in S. D'Ewes Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) II. 163 Wheruppon I am bould to intreate your worshipfull to be satisfied by my letters present. 1630 I. G. Christians Profession Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Right Worshipfuls, it behooueth all people of what calling, state, or condition soeuer, to giue all diligence to acquaint themselues with the will of God reuealed in his Word. 1681 A. Behn 2nd Pt. Rover Epil. sig. M3v Pleas'd your sick Palats with Fantastick Wit..; Giants, fat Cardinals, Pope Joans and Fryers, To entertain Right Worshipfuls and Squires. 1807 Spirit of Public Jrnls. 10 213 Anon the day of trial comes, The Worshipfuls were on their bums, And all the court in solemn silence sat. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. ix. 204 ‘Thanks, most worshipful,’ returned Miss Vernon. 1853 A. Allyn Ritual of Freemasonry 107 The new installed worshipful is made the butt for every worthy brother to exercise his wit upon. 1889 Atlantic Monthly June 832/2 Damn the worshipful lady, and all other worshipfuls! There 'll be no more worshipfuls here! 1902 Amer. Tyler 1 Jan. 308/1 Every night sees half a dozen important meetings of one sort or another at which ‘Right Worshipfuls’ are present by the score and mere ‘Worshipfuls’ as plentiful as the leaves on the trees. 1967 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 6 Feb. 20/3 The St. Lawrence County Right Worshipfuls Association will have charge of the celebration of 160 years of Masonry in St. Lawrence County. 2010 Independent Extra (Nexis) 22 Nov. 4 Look how the worshipfuls treat women and girls in all religions; how they lend their names to bloody wars and oppressive states. < as lemmas |
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