单词 | to be shorn a monk |
释义 | > as lemmasto be shorn a monk ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > tonsure > perform tonsure [verb (transitive)] sheara950 crownc1300 shavea1400 tonsure1843 society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > tonsure > perform tonsure [verb (intransitive)] > undergo tonsure to be shorn in1565 society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > tonsure > perform tonsure [verb (transitive)] > undergo tonsure to be shorn in1567–9 a950 Prose Life Guthlac (1909) vii. 138 Ða gelamp hit sume dæge þæt se ylca preost com to þam eadigan were, þæt he hine wolde scyran. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 7 He..was i-schore monk in an abbay. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. v. xiii. f. 161*v Being shoren in, he went into a secret cell which the abbot had prouided for him. 1567–9 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 372 The King was shorne into an Abbie, and made a Monke. 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth ix. f. 26v Some are put into Abbeyes, and shire themselues Friers by pretence of a vowe. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars ii. 68 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian When John was shorne a Priest. < as lemmas |
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