单词 | completory |
释义 | completoryadj.n. A. adj. Having the function of completing or perfecting; affording completion (of). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] consummating1582 teleiotical1601 complemental1602 crowning1604 consummative1614 consummatory1623 completing1656 completory1659 telesiurgic1662 completive1677 finishing1705 teleiotic1705 accompletive1826 finial1888 1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 55 In no degree essentiall to, or completory of, the Sacrament. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 357 The death and passion of our Lord..completory of ancient..predictions. 1880 A. M. Fairbairn Stud. Life Christ (1881) xv. 270 His mission to be not hostile to Judaism, but completory of it. B. n. 1. A completory thing; anything whose function it is to afford completion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which complement1398 crown1601 completory1659 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 390 The ceremony was considered..as the completory and close of Baptism. 1751 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 175 A completory, that is, the premiss which is wanting in an enthymeme, to complete the syllogism. 2. [Ecclesiastical Latin complētōrium.] = compline n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > canonical hours > compline > [noun] night-songOE complinea1225 completoryc1450 completorium1625 completes1658 night office1706 c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4535 In the houre of completorie. 1536 in Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation (1715) Records iii. 134 Between even songe and completorie. 1619 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. 166 The seauenth and last [hour], is after the Sunne-setting, which they call the Completorie. 1802 T. D. Fosbroke Brit. Monachism I. i. 26 Let the bell be rung then for completory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.c1450 |
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