单词 | soul priest |
释义 | > as lemmassoul priest soul priest n. now historical a priest having the special function of praying or saying mass for the soul of a dead person. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > chaplain > [noun] > praying for the dead soul priest1404 soul chaplain1551 1404 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 7 (MED) The souleprest of John Gobyoun in the parisshchirche of Leyndoun. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope f. cxlii Are ye here a sowle preest or a paryssh preste? 1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 172 The dead arose.., threatning him, that he should dye for it, if he did not restore them their soulepriest. 1606 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 646/2 Advocationem..capellaniarum vulgo lie Saull-preistis..infra ecclesiam collegiatam de Dumbar. 1739 F. Blomefield Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk I. 14 They were forsaken by them, and left to the Soul Priests of the Parish, who sang in them 'till the Reformation. 1845 C. F. R. Palmer Hist. Town & Castle Tamworth 223 If it should happen that there were three or four soul-priests at Tamworth during the celebration of the obit, each should receive a small payment. 1919 H. F. Westlake Parish Gilds Mediæval Eng. xii. 132 John Voysey, Bishop of Exeter,..bade the chantry priests, soul-priests and other stipendiaries to avoid idleness by teaching the Paternoster. 2002 P. Marshall Beliefs & Dead in Reformation Eng. i. 19 A chantry represented a self-perpetuating engine of prayer, fuelled by landed endowment lavish enough to support an unceasing succession of ‘soul priests’. < as lemmas |
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