| 单词 | world king |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworld king world king n. [compare Old Saxon weroldkuning , Old High German weroltkuning (Middle High German werltkünec ); compare also heaven king n.] (a) an earthly king; (b) a universal ruler, a king of the whole world. ΚΠ OE Beowulf (2008) 3180 Cwædon þæt he [sc. Beowulf] wære wyruldcyning [a] manna mildust ond mon[ðw]ærust, leodum liðost ond lofgeornost. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3154 Hæfde þas wise quene bi hire weoreld-kinge ænne lutelne sune. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3661 Freoliche we hit haldeð wið alle weoruld-kingen [c1300 Otho worle-kingen]. 1838 N. Amer. Rev. July 104 Thus departs Beowulf, the Sea-Goth; of the world-kings the mildest to men. 1863 R. Jamieson et al. Comm. Old & New Test. II. 627 The gathering of the world-kings with the beast against the Lamb is the signal for Christ's coming. 1977 C. Hauch tr. J. Markale King Arthur 112 The Celts had never been able to achieve this perfect world..but the myth of a world king [Fr. roi du monde] was common to many of them. 1992 R. F. Hardin Civil Idolatry 41 Conflicts between the world-king and the heavenly king..develop the Augustinian theme of the two kingdoms, not the supposed sacredness of earthly monarchy. < as lemmas |
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