| 单词 |
regionary |
| 释义 |
regionary, a. and n.|ˈriːdʒənərɪ|
[ad. late L. regiōnāri-us (Quicherat and Du Cange): see region and -ary1.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a region. regionary bishop (see quots. 1727–38 and 1869).
1657–83Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. 104 They attributed their successes..to the topical and regionary deities. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v., A regionary bishop was properly a missionary invested with an episcopal character, but without being attached to any particular see. 1833Waterworth Rule Cath. Faith 16 Decisions passed, in what are called by St. Austin the regionary councils. 1869Maclear Apost. Med. Europe viii. 113 He was consecrated regionary bishop, without any particular diocese, but with a general jurisdiction over all whom he might win over.
b. regionary deacon, etc. (see quots.).
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v., At Rome there were antiently seven regionary deacons, who presided over a kind of hospitals, and looked to the distribution of alms. There were also regionary subdeacons, and regionary notaries. 1854Card. Wiseman Fabiola ii. i. 138 Our holy Pope will be there, with the priests of the titles, the regionary deacons, the notaries [etc.].
B. n. An account or description of the regions of Rome.
1818J. C. Hobhouse Hist. Illustr. (ed. 2) 54 Panvinius dedicated his description of Rome, which he added to the old regionaries, to the Emperor Ferdinand, in 1558. |
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