| 单词 | altar fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaltar fire altar fire n. (a) the fire on an altar; (b) (figurative) religious spirit or rite. ΚΠ 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids ii. 38 Our countrey Gods, holy headbands, And altar-fire he put into my hands [L. effert penetralibus ignem]. 1696 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens sig. P3 Your charge is only to attend this Altar-Fire, and the pure Celestial Oyl, that is the Freewill, which the holy flaming Body doth subsist of. 1703 Universal Dict. at Lemuria Holidays kept by the Old Romans, to the Lemures or Ghosts:..they threw Beans on the Altar fire, to drive them out of their Houses. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xl. 62 Mounts the heavenward altar-fire . View more context for this quotation 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 134/2 The Haruspex..interpreted the movements of the flames in the altar-fire during ritual sacrifice. < as lemmas |
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