单词 | clay cottage |
释义 | > as lemmasclay cottage a. Any temporary dwelling place or abode, esp. the human body regarded as a vessel for the soul or spirit; also in clay cottage, earthen cottage, etc. Cf. house n.1 and int. Phrases 3d, tabernacle n. 3c. Obsolete.Perhaps originally with allusion to the ‘houses of clay’ in Job 4:19. ΚΠ 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. 52 There is no greater absurditie, than for them to glory in their excellencye that do not onely dwell in a cotage of clay [L. tugurium luteum], but also are themselues in parte but earth and ashes. ?1587 R. Southwell Epist. Comfort ix. f. 122v [Christ] is contented..to abase his maiesty to enter into our soule, dwelling in this cottage of clay, & vnpleasant dungeon. 1650 A. Weldon Court & Char. King James (1651) 123 Surely never so brave parts, and so base and abject a spirit tenanted together in any one earthen cottage. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 205 We..may be turned out of these clay cottages at an hours warning. 1692 R. Bentley Confut. Atheism from Origin of World: Pt. I 27 This narrow Cottage of a World. < as lemmas |
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