单词 | sempect |
释义 | sempectn. Historical. rare. A term formerly used in the Benedictine Order, according to Pseudo-Ingulf applied to monks over fifty years old, who were allowed special privileges on account of age. This seems to be a misapprehension. In the Benedictine Rule itself (cap. xxvii) senpectæ denotes the elder monks chosen by the abbot to visit (secretly) an excommunicated brother and to encourage him if likely to fall into despair. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun] > over fifty years old sempect1865 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward xx, in Good Words June 415/2 Only the ancient sempects—some near upon a hundred and fifty years old,—wandered where they would. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1865 |
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