| 单词 | church pale |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschurch pale church pale n. the fence around a church's precinct, marking the boundary of consecrated ground; chiefly figurative in later use. ΚΠ 1524 in W. L. Nash Churchwardens' Acct. Bk. St. Giles, Reading (1851) 21 For makyng of v panys of the church pale iiijd. 1617 Presentm. in Essex Rev. 15 48 His church pale, broken down, lett in hogges and other cattle, which mussells and spoyles the churchyard. 1794 D. Jones Welsh Freeholder's Farewell Epist. v. 56 Suppose persecution were to make dissenters conform, you will not say that the conversion will be the result of conviction, their principles they will carry within the church pale. 1875 F. W. Robertson Serm. 2nd Ser. xv. 118 There are some of us who can believe in the Christianity of those who are a little beyond our own Church pale. 1995 S. Brownsberger tr. A. Bitov Monkey Link ii. 238 Lenin we'll bury outside the church pale, like a suicide. < as lemmas |
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