单词 | syncellus |
释义 | syncellusn. Ecclesiastical. In the Orthodox Churches: (originally) an ecclesiastic who lived continually with a prelate; esp. the domestic chaplain of a metropolitan or patriarch; (later) a dignitary who was associated with a prelate and succeeded to his office. Applied by some to ecclesiastics in the Western Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > bishop's officials > [noun] > syncellus syncellus1706 syncellite1720 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Syncellus, a dignify'd Clergy~man in the Greek Church, who was next to the Patriarch; a Bishop's Suffragan. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There were also Syncelli in the Western Church, particularly in France. 1844 W. Kay in J. H. Newman & W. Kay tr. C. Fleury Eccl. Hist. III. 13 (note) At Constantinople the Syncels possessed a very high rank; in Constantine's time they sat by the side of the Patriarch, taking precedence even of the Metropolitans. 1890 T. W. Allies Peter's Rock 326 Anastasius, priest and syncellus of Sancta Sophia. Derivatives synˈcellite n. [ < medieval Latin syncellita: see -ite suffix1] ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > bishop's officials > [noun] > syncellus syncellus1706 syncellite1720 1720 J. Johnson Coll. Eccl. Laws Ch. Eng. anno 679 . §7 Your Predecessor Gregory of blessed Memory, and..St. Augustin his Syncellite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1706 |
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