单词 | stift |
释义 | stiftn. Obsolete. The domain of a German prince-bishop. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > who also rules > domain of German prince-bishop stift1637 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 76 He..left the Duke of Anhalt as Stat-houlder; not only over the Towne, but also over the whole Stifft of Madeburg. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Stift, a German word, which hath been lately used among us for the small division of a Region or Province. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 180 I have myself commanded the whole stift of Dunklespiel on the Lower Rhine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1637 |
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