单词 | christiano- |
释义 | Christiano-comb. form 1. Forming nouns denoting things relating to or involving Christians. Christianography n. Brit. /ˌkrɪstʃnˈɒɡrəfi/ , /ˌkrɪstjəˈnɒɡrəfi/ , /ˌkrɪstɪəˈnɒɡrəfi/ , U.S. /ˌkrɪstʃəˈnɑɡrəfi/ [after geography n.] the description of Christians or Christian nations.ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] > description of Christianography1635 1635 E. Pagitt (title) Christianographie, or the description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the world, not subiect to the Pope. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 422 All those varieties of Christians in the large circle of Christianography. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. i. 2/2 Geography must now find work for a Christiano-graphy in Regions far enough beyond the Bounds wherein the Church of God had thro' all former Ages been circumscribed. 1978 S. Bercovitch Amer. Jeremiad iv. 121 His [sc. Tom Paine's] emphasis on..the landmarks of early New England christianography: a fallen Old World.., an Egyptian England.., and a New Canaan. ΚΠ 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 273 Hierocles, the famous Christiano-mastix. 2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘(partly) Christian and (partly) ——’, as in Christiano-Platonical, Christiano-Germanic, etc. Also forming derived nouns denoting belief systems, ways of life, etc., which incorporate Christian elements, as in Christiano-Judaism, Christiano-paganism, etc. ΚΠ 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica i. sig. A3 (title) Ψυχοζωια, or A Christiano-Platonicall display of Life. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 117 She is said to fly into the wilderness, being more safe in this Christiano-gentilism..The desart, or Christiano-paganism. 1828 T. Carlyle tr. F. L. Z. Werner Let. in Foreign Rev. 1 131 The ray of Christiano-catholico-platonic Faith. 1900 F. W. Maitland tr. O. Gierke Polit. Theories of Middle Age x. 88 The modern Individualism which unfolds itself from out the Christiano-Germanic thought of Liberty. 2009 P. Ther in H.-G. Haupt & J. Kocka Compar. & Transnational Hist. ii. ix. 214 One finds many attempts to construct such a Europe and to underpin it with normatively charged elements of culture, such as the tradition of the Occident, Christianity or Christiano-Judaism, writing in Latin, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1635 |
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