| 释义 |
non-eˈlect, a.
[non- 3.]
Not elect (chiefly in the theological sense). Usually absol.
1674Hickman Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2) 38 Never did any of non-elect become elect. 1678Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. iii. 208 The non-elect are always permitted to fail in the performance of the condition. 1700C. Nesse Antid. Armin. (1827) 17 Some grant..to the non-elect only a prescience or naked foresight. 1820Keats Lamia ii. 6 A doubtful tale from faery land Hard for the non-elect to understand. |