apostless
Apparence
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Nom commun
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apostless \əˈpɒ.s(ə)lɛs\ |
apostlesses \əˈpɒ.s(ə)lɛs.ɪz\ |
apostless \əˈpɒ.s(ə)lɛs\ (pour un homme, on dit : apostle)
- (Religion) (Rare) Apôtresse.
As Petrarch’s designation shows, she was perceived as the ‘sweet friend of God’, and described elsewhere as the ‘beloved discipless’, the ‘apostless of the apostles’ and, above all, the woman who loved Christ most, and whom he loved most, the ‘beata dilectrix Christi’, the blessed lover of Christ.
— (Susan Haskins, Mary Magdalen: Truth and Myth, Random House, 2011, page 193)
Variantes
[modifier le wikicode]Références
[modifier le wikicode]- apostoless, n. sur Oxford English Dictionary, juillet 2023