单词 | servite |
释义 | Serviten.adj. A. n. A friar, nun, or lay member of the Christian religious order also known as the Order of Servants of (the Blessed Virgin) Mary (Ordo Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis).The original order of mendicant friars is traditionally said to have been founded in Florence in 1233; two associated orders of nuns were founded in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Servite > [noun] Servitec1540 Cellitec1550 c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 441/1 Servi and Servytes, And sondry Jacobites. 1607 H. Wotton Let. 13 Sept. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 399 A very true picture..of Maestro Paolo the Servite. 1715 tr. U. Cerri Acct. State Roman-Catholick Relig. 69 Besides other Missionaries, who go about that Work of their own Motion, viz. Jesuits..Augustins, Servites, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Capuchins. 1857 F. W. Faber Foot of Cross Pref. It is now twelve years since the Author became a tertiary of the ancient order of the Servites. 1904 F. Rolfe Hadrian VII (2001) xiv. 266 One by one the generals passed into the Presence: heard apostolic words; and passed out again—Servites, Premonstratensians, Augustinians, [etc.]. 2008 D. Prudlo Martyred Inquisitor ii. 50 The legenda claimed that Peter of Verona had..received a vision of Mary telling him the form of the habit the Servites were to wear. B. adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to this order. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Servite > [adjective] Servite1679 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. ii. 90 Item, To a Servite Friar when he subscribed, one Crown. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 414 Poggibonzo of Tuscany, who was a Servite monk in the convent. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xv. 208 The old Servite Convent..associated with the great name of Paolo Sarpi. 1911 Burlington Mag. Nov. 106/1 We have still to decide which Servite saint is intended here, for to suppose that the figure is a sort of abstract representative of the Order would be too fanciful. 2011 Church Times 17 June 30/3 An American Servite writer on spirituality, who seeks to promote care for the earth and compassion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1540 |
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