单词 | urbi et orbi |
释义 | urbi et orbiadv.n.adj. A. adv. Of a papal proclamation, blessing, etc.: to the city (of Rome) and to the world. Also in extended use: for general information or acceptance, to everyone. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [adverb] > of papal communications urbi et orbi?1782 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for general acceptance urbi et orbi1836 ?1782 J. Hawkins Ess. Law Celibacy 146 A feast instituted in remembrance of this miracle is held forth urbi et orbi, that is, ordered to be kept in the divine office over the whole Catholic Church. 1830 T. Flint Shoshonee Valley I. 220 The pope of Rome gives the annual benediction urbi et orbi. 1836 T. Wyse Educ. Reform i. 303 Their universities are worthy of their libraries; they are truly, and in every sense, ‘Urbi et Orbi’. 1889 M. S. van de Velde Cosmopolitan Recoll. II. v. 165 The Conclave met; the election of Camerlingo Pecci was foreseen, it was voted without opposition, and at one p.m., March 3rd, announced urbi et orbi from the loggia of St. Peter. 1924 J. O. Field Uncensored Recoll. xiii. 239 The great pose of Morès..was a deep-rooted hatred of England, to which sentiment he was always giving very loud and dramatic utterance, urbi et orbi. 1958 Listener 27 Nov. 861/1 The familiar figure dressed in white..giving his benediction urbi et orbi from the loggia of St. Peter's. 1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. xxxi. 559 The climax of this provocative policy came on 28 August of that year when Chamberlain addressed his supporters, urbi et orbi, from his garden at Highbury. B. n. Usually with the. The solemn general blessing imparted by the Pope on particular occasions, originally from any of the basilicas in Rome, and now from the balcony of St Peter's.The custom of giving such blessings fell into abeyance in 1870, but was revived in 1922. ΚΠ 1868 A. Dolby Church Vestm. xii. 142 The Pope only assumes the tiara on the most solemn ceremonies, such as that of the ‘Urbi et Orbi’, etc. 1896 S. B. S. Mackin Society Woman on Two Continents 297 In a voice tremulous with emotion, he uttered the ‘Urbi et Orbi’. 1958 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 29 Oct. 12/3 The new pontiff chanted the ‘urbi et orbi’, the traditional message of newly elevated popes to the City of Rome and the world. 1970 Register (Danville, Va.) 25 Dec. 2 a/8 He then blesses the city and the world in his ‘Urbi et Orbi’. 1993 J. Monti Week of Salvation xii. 392 Pope John Paul II enters the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to deliver his annual Easter message and blessing to the world, known as the Urbi et Orbi. C. adj. (attributive). 1. Widely proclaimed or disseminated; all-encompassing, general. ΚΠ 1874 G. Scratton Comm. Gospel St. Matt. xxiii. 274 This command may be thought to denounce an urbi et orbi claim of supremacy by one man over the whole church on earth. 1963 Q. Jrnl. Speech 49 308/1 The Manuductio was in fact the last major urbi et orbi statement of Matherian policy. 1998 T. J. Tomasik tr. M. de Certeau et al. Pract. Everyday Life II. xiii. 217 To the high priests [of cookery] go..the urbi et orbi publicity, the notoriety, the profit. 2. Designating the Urbi et Orbi (see sense B.); associated with or relating to this blessing. ΚΠ 1903 H. D. Grissell Sede Vacante v. 43 The Piazza..was densely packed with spectators, more than I can remember to have seen since the ‘Urbi et Orbi’ Benedictions previous to 1870. 1978 Chicago Tribune 26 Dec. i. 6/1 ‘Happy Christmas to each and every human being,’ the Polish-born Pope said in his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ message. 1999 F. Forsyth Phantom of Manhattan (2000) 95 I stood in the crowd and looked up at the balcony and took the Urbi et Orbi blessing from His Holiness himself. 2008 P. Lakeland in G. Mannion Vision John Paul II xi. 184 From his very first Urbi et Orbi address,..the collegiality of the bishops was a thread running through his pontificate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.n.adj.?1782 |
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