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单词 prayer-wheel
释义 ˈprayer-wheel
[f. prayer1 + wheel n.]
1. A mechanical aid to or substitute for prayer, used especially by the Buddhists of Tibet, consisting of a cylindrical box inscribed with or containing prayers, revolving on a spindle: see quot. 1868.
1814tr. Klaproth's Trav. 102 The inscriptions in such prayer-wheels commonly consist of masses for souls, psalms, and the six great general litanies.1868Montgomerie in Proc. R. Geog. Soc. 15 July 154 The Tibetans..made use of the rosary and prayer-wheel.Ibid. 155 Each revolution represents one repetition of the prayer, which is written on a scroll inside the cylinder.1893Earl Dunmore Pamirs I. 105 There was a Buddhist prayer-wheel being turned by water-power, and reeling off prayers at so many per hour.
2. A wheel set with bells and fastened to the ceiling of a chapel, formerly used for divination in connexion with masses or other devotional services.
1897Daily News 26 July 5/1 Even now in Brittany a kind of prayer-wheels are kept in churches and set spinning by the devout.
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