mumble-matins

名詞

廃用差別語

(obsolete, religious slur) A Roman Catholic priest.

日本語の意味

旧式の軽蔑的表現として、ローマ・カトリック教会の神父を指す

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In bitter seventeenth-century pamphlet wars, Protestant polemicists often mocked 'mumble-matins' as a contemptuous term for Roman Catholic priests.

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17世紀の激しいパンフレット戦争では、プロテスタントの論客たちがしばしばローマ・カトリックの司祭を侮蔑するために古い侮蔑語を用いた。

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意味（1）

(obsolete, religious slur) A Roman Catholic priest.

The reason, why so great a stress was laid on the distinct reading of the Church Service, independently of its obvious necessity, was the general prevalence of an opposite practice amongst the Popish Clergy, many of whom, after they had conformed to the Liturgy, read it as they had been accustomed to read the prayers in their Breviary.*