| 单词 |
presul |
| 释义 |
presul rare.|ˈpriːsʊl| [a. L. præsul a dancer in public, the leader of the Salii (dancing priests), hence in late L. a president, in med.L. a prelate, bishop, f. *præsilīre, præsult-um, to dance before others, f. præ before, in front + salīre to leap, dance.] A prelate, a bishop. Hence ˈpresulate, the tenure of office of a ‘presul’.
[1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 42 For bisshopes yblessed þei bereth many names, Presul and pontifex and metropolitanus.] 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 885 These are called both bishops, chiefe priests, and presuls. 1853J. Stevenson Hist. Wks. Beda 431 note, Upon which day Deusdedit..commenced the tenth year of his presulate. |

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