单词 | christling |
释义 | † Christlingn. Obsolete. rare. An insignificant or inferior Christ figure; a false messiah. Also: a (small or inferior) image or representation of Christ. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > representing Christ Christa1464 Jesus1487 Christling1622 Christ figure1858 ichthus1859 Jesus fish1977 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > false pseudo-Christa1425 Christling1622 1622 R. Sheldon Christ on Throne 28 In what daunger of perdition can the Elect bee by the preaching of such pettie, and most impious Christlings; such, as George Dauid, and Hacket were? 1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 129 The Poorer sort doe Poorer Christlings weare Of polisht Ivorie, of gilded Glasse,..Which by the Priest if hallow'd, so much more Held worthie are of Worship, than before. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) iii. 646 Knowest thou not the first commandment of thy Christian Decalogue to be Thou shalt have none other Christs but me? What doest thou with so many Christlings? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020). < n.1622 |
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