| 单词 |
priestling |
| 释义 |
priestling|ˈpriːstlɪŋ|
[f. priest n. + -ling1.]
1. A little, young, petty, or insignificant priest. (Usually contemptuous.)
1629Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 286 This brave young priestling as he sacrificed, and caperd about the Altars,..was curiously eyed of all. 1648Milton Observ. Art. Peace Wks. 1851 IV. 570 The Rebellion which was even then design'd in the close purpose of these unhallow'd Priestlings. 1816Southey in Q. Rev. XIV. 352 For the purpose of conciliating the good will of the prelates and priestlings. 1866J. H. Newman Gerontius iv. 29 Such fudge, As priestlings prate, Is his guerdon.
2. A person weakly or servilely devoted to a priesthood or priestly system. rare. (Cf. worldling.)
1720Gordon & Trenchard Independ. Whig (1728) 179 It is no Wonder that weak People now a-days should believe in Priests, and not in Christ; should be Priestlings, and not Christians. 190719th Cent. Mar. 464 The priestlings of the Centre exclaimed that the finger of God had done it. |
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