单词 | convertite |
释义 | convertiten. archaic. 1. a. A professed convert to a religious faith. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [noun] > one who has undergone proselytec1384 converse1388 convert1561 convertitec1592 convertist1611 missionary1834 mihanere1840 vert1864 proselytess1879 c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. ii Fern. Why, Barabas, wilt thou be christened? Bara. No, governor, I will be no convertite. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 271 Exhort him to leave his Judaisme and be a convertite, and turne to the Christian religion. a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. ii. sig. D4v Tho. A much converted man... Hyl. A sound Convertite. 1839 Blackwood's Mag. 46 718 With all the zeal of a new convertite. 1890 Church Times 23 May 509/2 The devotion of so many Roman clergy..among these convertites, to the service of the poor. b. transferred. One converted to an opinion, party, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > of position or attitude > one who changes Proteus1528 convertite1598 convert1641 1598 R. Tofte Diuine Poems in Alba sig. H4 A Convertite, from Vaine Love now I part. a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) iii. sig. F The happy day, in which Bellina prov'd to love a Convertite. 1886 Sat. Rev. 5 June 763/1 The late convertites to Home Rule. 2. A person converted to a religious life, or to an approved course of action. archaic or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] > one who is reformed convertite1605 reformadoa1632 reform1756 society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > moral conversion > [noun] > one who has undergone convertite1605 1605 Bloudy Bk. Sir J. Fitz sig. B2v Yet can I not excuse him in this his exile for a penitent conuertite. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 19 But since you are a gentle conuertite, My tongue shall hush againe this storme of warre. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 182 Out of these conuertites, There is much matter to be heard, and learn'd. View more context for this quotation ?1623 O. Felltham Resolues xxvii. 84 How many vile men seeking these, haue found themselues Conuertites. 1868 W. H. Dixon Spiritual Wives II. 54 Who and what this man is..theologian, preacher, sinner, convertite and saint. 3. spec. A reformed Magdalen. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] > one who is reformed > reformed prostitute Magdalene1563 convertite1565 maudlin1601 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 344 If they turne and repent, there are houses called Monasteries of the Conuertites, and special prouision and discipline for them, where they are taught how to bewaile their vnchaste life so sinfully past ouer. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 646 This Church was built by a female conuertite, to expiate and make satisfaction for her former sinnes; and..was called Hore-Church at the first. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies viii. 125 Several of the Convent (which they call Convertites) were constantly with me. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 137 Herself along with those good Convertites, Those sinners saved, those Magdalens remade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < |
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