| 单词 | supreme pontiff |
| 释义 | > as lemmassupreme pontiff 1. Originally: a bishop of the early Western Church. Now: spec. the bishop of Rome, the Pope (often with distinguishing word, as supreme pontiff, sovereign pontiff, Roman pontiff, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] popeeOE apostoilec1275 vicary1303 vicar1340 bridge maker1341 Antichristc1370 vicar generalc1386 Holy Fatherc1400 servant of the servants of Godc1405 His Holy Fatherhood?a1425 universal bishopc1475 holiness1502 harlot1535 papa1555 Apostolic seat1560 vicegerent1572 man of Rome1581 pontiff1583 bullman1588 apostolicship1599 Pontifex Maximus1610 infallibleship1613 sanctity1633 popeship1641 decretaliarch1656 blessedness1670 Holy seata1674 infallibilityship1679 pontifexa1680 holyshipc1680 unholiness1682 His Infallibility1834 Pape1927 1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. C.iv The highest Pontiffe or Bishoppe, graunted these foresaid graces to father Robert Persons and Edmonde Campion. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. C2v A great Pontife or Demy-god in omnisufficiencie thou wouldst enstall him. a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 8 We..pronounce it to be of necessity to Salvation..to be subject to the Roman Pontife. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. viii. 105 The then reigning pontiff having favoured duke William in his projected invasion. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. p. lxvi/2 (note) The Roman pontiffs resided seventy years at Avignon. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 275 By far the most remarkable among modern pontiffs, was Sixtus the Fifth, the son of a peasant in the March of Ancona. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vi. i. 7 The Bishop of Toul did not travel to Rome as a pontiff, but as a pilgrim. 1906 Q. Rev. July 267 M. Loubet had grievously offended the Sovereign Pontiff. 1993 Times 5 June 12/7 The items..include..‘Pope-Scopes’—mini-periscopes to enable those at the back of the crowd to see the pontiff. < as lemmas |
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