单词 | sebastianism |
释义 | Sebastianismn. Chiefly Historical. (See quot. 1980.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > principle of Portuguese politics Sebastianism1911 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 566/2 ‘Sebastianism’ became a religion. 1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands ii. 112 The political mysticism of Sebastianism. Extinct in Portugal, it persists unimpaired today..in our [Brazilian] northern back-country. 1976 H. V. Livermore New Hist. Portugal 165 The national rumour of Sebastianism had now taken firm root. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 July 764/2 Sebastianism takes its name from the myth current during the period of Spanish rule, that Portugal's King Sebastian, in fact killed in Morocco, would one day return to lead the nation to greatness and glory. Derivatives Sebastiˈanist n. (also Sebastiˈanista) (alsoattributive or as adj.) an adherent or supporter of Sebastianism. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [adjective] > principle in Portuguese politics Sebastianist1881 society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > principle of Portuguese politics > supporters of Septembrist1838 Septembrizer1840 Sebastianist1881 1881 R. F. Burton tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad I. 363 The ‘Sebastianistas’, as they were called, looked forward to a manner of Messiah. 1881 R. F. Burton tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad I. 363 The Braganza House used the Sebastianist legend to strengthen Portuguese nationality. 1907 R. B. Cunninghame Graham in G. C. Graham Santa Teresa p. vii The few Sebastianists who, it is said, lingered in Portugal almost down to the present century. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 14/1 Sebastianistas believed that the King had not died during the battle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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