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concupiscence|kənˈkjuːpɪsəns|
Also 4–5 -pyscens, -ence, 6 -pysence, -piscens.
[ad. L. concupiscentia (in Vulgate, Tertullian), f. concupisc-ĕre, inceptive of concup-ĕre to be very desirous of, long much for, f. con- intensive + cupĕre to long for, desire: see -ence. Also in F. from 14th c.]
1. Eager or vehement desire; in Theol. use (transl. ἐπιθυµία of N.T.) the coveting of ‘carnal things’, desire for the ‘things of the world’.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 14 A saule þat haues..ouer⁓comene and dystroyede concupyscens and passiouns. c1440Gesta Rom. xvi. 58 (Add. MS.) Auctor of concupiscence of eyen is the world; and auctor of concupiscence of the flessh art thou thi self, that livest delicatly, and norisshest thi flessh. 1526Tindale James i. 14 But euery man is tempted, drawne awaye, and entysed of his awne concupiscence. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) II. 315 A Litigious Man goes to Law..to spend his Money, and satisfy his Concupiscence of Wrangling. a1711Ken Divine Love Wks. (1838) 217 Concupiscence, or the love of one creature or other, in competition with, or opposition to, the love of God. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 304 Such is the fire of concupiscence, raging within, that..no houses or fields content these.
b. with pl.
1382Wyclif Gal. v. 24 Vices and concupiscencis, or coueitisis. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 149 b, It shall..subdue all inordynate concupiscences. a1791W. Mason Spir. Treas. in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xix. 13 Evil concupiscences which dwell in their sinful natures.
2. esp. Libidinous desire, sexual appetite, lust.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋278 The fuyr of fleisschly concupiscence. 1393Gower Conf. III. 267 The king..Incombred of his lustes blinde..Deceived of concupiscence. 1485Caxton St. Wenefr. 9 The concupyscence of hym that persecuted her. 1631T. May tr. Barclay's Mirr. Mindes i, Mahomet..forbids not such concupiscences. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 1078 And in our Faces evident the signes Of foul concupiscence. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) II. liv. 136 This scene..did not at all contribute to the cooling of his concupiscence. a1781Bp. Challoner Cath. Instruct. Sacram. (1837) 21 Q. What are the ends for which matrimony is instituted? A. For a remedy against concupiscence. |