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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin plēbem. Doublet of plebe, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
pieve f (plural pievi) (northern Italy)
- (historical) parish (administrative division)
- Synonym: (southern Italy) parrocchia
1537, Agostino Giustiniani, Castigatissimi annali con la loro copiosa tavola della eccelsa & illustrissima republi. di Genoa, Genoa, page x:[…] ultimo viene la nobil villa nominata S. Pier d'arena, quale e l'ultima pieve di questa valle- Lastly, there is the noble town named San Pier d'Arena, which is the last parish of this valley
1682, Giovanni Paolo Marana, La congiura di Raffaello Della Torre, Lyon, page 63:il General di Savoia […] hebbe ordine, che non più impegnandosi all'impresa di Savona, ritirando onorevolmente le sue truppe si portasse senza alcuna dimora all'occupazione della Pieve- The general of Savoia was ordered to desist from the endeavour/endeavor of Savona, and, after honorably recalling his troops, attend without waiting to the occupation of the parish
1769, Giovanni Francesco Erri, “Trattenimento Ⅲ”, in Dell'origine di Cento e di sua pieve, Bologna: Lelio della Volpe, page 25:Eccoci giunti al punto più arduo, […] che c'impegna amendue a darcene fino a' denti, voi per sostenere la maggior antichità della vostra Pieve, io per difendere quella del mio Cento- Here we are, at the most difficult point, which binds us both to a fierce fight: you, claiming your parish to be the oldest; I, defending my own Cento
- (literally, “Here we are, at the most difficult point, which binds us both to a fierce fight: you, to claim your parish’s greater antiquity; I, to defend the one of my own Cento”)
1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi, Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Capitolo ⅩⅩⅢ, page 439:Ah, se posso uscirne a salvamento, m’ha da sentire la signora Perpetua, d’avermi cacciato qui per forza, quando non c’era necessità, fuor della mia pieve- Well, if I just manage to get out of this one, Perpetua will have to answer for forcing me, without need, outside my parish
, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, La vita comune nella chiesa rurale, page 55:Questa evoluzione, cominciata nel Ⅳ secolo, è già avanzata nel Ⅵ: la « parrocchia », o, nell'Italia centrosettentrionale, la « pieve », è costituita.- This evolution, started in the 4th century, is already advanced in the 6th: the parrocchia, or, in central-northern Italy, the pieve, is established.]
- (by extension, historical, collective) parish (members of the parish)
- (by extension) parish church
- Synonym: parrocchia
- (by extension) the minister's house next to a parish church
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- pieve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana