单词 | christ-tide |
释义 | Christ-tiden. rare (archaic or historical) after 17th cent. Christmas. Cf. Christmastide n. at Christmas n.1 and int. Compounds 2.Frequently used by Puritans in the early modern period in preference to Christmas, due to the Catholic associations of its second element (mass). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > [noun] yulea900 yule-daya900 midwinter tideeOE midwinterOE Christmas DayOE ChristmasOE good tideOE midwinter dayOE Christenmasc1330 nativity1389 Nowellc1400 noel1435 pacea1450 Xmas1551 yule-tide1572 Christ-tide1581 Christmastide1590 Christmastime1617 yule time1787 Xmassing1788 festive season1794 Crimbo1928 Chrissie1946 1581 T. Lovell Dialogue Custom & Veritie sig. Ciij Christyde aright, then should these men obserue. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. ii. sig. F4v Sub. And, then, the turning of this Lawyers pewter To plate, at Christ-masse. Ana. Christ-tide, I pray you. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §342 352 From September until Christide. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) iv. v. 74 Let Christ-tide be thy fast, And lent thy good repast. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. VI. xxiii. 133 They laid his crome, beside the dead, (Whereof, some fable, thorn did spring; whose bough Wont blossom, in Christ-tide, amidst the snow.) 2015 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 9 Dec. 25 With Christmas being one of the most important feasts in the Tudor year, the house will be bustling with historic re-enactors..preparing meals to grace the Christ-tide feast table. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581 |
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