单词 | statesman-priest |
释义 | > as lemmasstatesman-priest Appositive, as statesman-bishop, statesman-priest, etc. Cf. priest-statesman n. at priest n. Compounds 1, prophet-statesman n. at prophet n. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1728 J. Swift Mad Mullinix & Timothy in Intelligencer (1729) viii. 68 An able statesman-bishop. 1802 G. Murray Evidence of Miracles vi. 110 The feelings of a statesman-priest, might not perhaps be less favourable to religious zeal, than those of a mere priest. 1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 25 The statesman-warrior, moderate, resolute. 1906 E. G. Sandford Mem. Abp. Temple I. 260 He is also the greatest of the statesmen-bishops of Exeter. 1970 L. S. Greenbaum (title) Talleyrand, statesman-priest: the agent-general of the clergy and the Church of France at the end of the Old Regime. 1996 A. Emery Greater Medieval Houses Eng. Wales v. 51 The itineraries of bishop Langley between 1406 and 1436 illustrate the very extensive amount of travelling undertaken by a statesman-bishop. 2009 J. K. Hoffmeier Immigration Crisis vii. 124 Daniel, the statesman-prophet, was one of these young men. < as lemmas |
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