单词 | church sleep |
释义 | > as lemmaschurch sleep f. Locative, as church chatterer, church sleep, church whisperer, etc.Chiefly with reference to the behaviour of members of the congregation during a service. [Compare German Kirchenschlaf church sleep, Kirchenschläfer church sleeper (both 1701 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1616 T. Adams Dis. Soule 21 Sleepe is the image of death, sayth the Poet: and therefore the Church-sleeper is a dead corps, set in his pew like a coffin. 1650 J. Howell Instr. Forren Travell (new ed.) App. 134 In these kinds of Church-gesticulations, they differ from all other people. 1822 F. Beasley Search of Truth in Sci. of Human Mind I. iv. x. 509 We suspect that these church-sleepers are engaged in no such godly occupation as listening to their pastor's voice. 1839 J. H. Griscom Animal Mechanism & Physiol. (1840) ii. 62 A perfect ventilation of their churches did more to keep people awake than all the sermons illustrative of the sin of ‘church sleeping’. 1899 Missouri School Jrnl. Mar. 150/2 We believe that the responsibility for the church whisperer lies first with the parent. 1912 Sabbath Recorder 18 Nov. 651/1 During the church sleep, a miraculous and mysterious surgical operation is performed, and the sufferer is cured. 1945 S. G. Spaeth At Home with Music xii. 138 One of the revolutionary ideas of the Reformation was that the congregation should take a more active part in church singing. 1998 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 14 Dec. 13 The second section..was carried off with wit, panache and evident relish, portraying church chatterers and a ‘badly sung’ hymn. < as lemmas |
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