单词 | communion rail |
释义 | > as lemmascommunion rail communion rail n. the rail in front of the communion table in some churches, the altar-rail. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar rail > [noun] parclose1387 rail1637 sept1640 communion rail1662 1662 A. Brome Rump (new ed.) i. 209 Now the Directory jostles Christ out oth' Church and his Apostles; And tears down the Communion rayles, That men may take it on their tayles. 1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) III. ii. 63 There are no very remarkable Monuments in this Church, except one of Archbishop Sands, which is within the Communion Rails. 1847 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. iii. 97 Knelt by the Communion-rails of Westbury Church. 1935 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 41 167 Society women will kneel beside Negro women at the communion rail before High Church Episcopalian altars. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 24 Dec. (State & Regional News) Plans also include installing a communion rail around the altar. < as lemmas |
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