单词 | churched |
释义 | churchedadj.ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [adjective] > brought to receive churchedc1450 society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > [adjective] > purified > of women, following childbirth churched1611 c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 941 Huo wole a cherched child chese for hardy. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Voile, a Vayle (vsed by Nunnes, widowes, or churched women). 1718 W. Gordon Apol. Use Eng. Liturgy 63 The churched Woman was to offer up her Chrysom. 2. Of a person or group: belonging to a church, attending church regularly. Often contrasted with unchurched. ΚΠ 1860 Monthly Jrnl. Amer. Unitarian Assoc. Aug. 371 Whereas, in the churched men and women, you more commonly find an entire ‘suspense of faith’ and thought and aspiration, and a dead satisfaction with themselves as they are. 1895 Free Church Rec. (Tacoma, Washington) Aug. 154 This Tacoma church..a clear-cut pattern and pioneer of the Universal World-church, for which men, churched and unchurched, are waiting. 1963 Jrnl. Bible & Relig. 31 236 For the churched person it is a time to develop in the understanding of his own religion as one of the ways in which men try to be at home in the universe. 1987 Times 4 Dec. 12/5 He earned my gratitude and that of countless people..in England, both churched and unchurched. 2003 J. Haldane Intelligent Person's Guide to Relig. i. 23 Within a generation..Islam will be the second largest faith in the United States (itself a highly churched society). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450 |
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