单词 | allegorical |
释义 | allegoricaladj. Of, relating to, or of the nature of allegory; consisting of or containing an allegory. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > comparison by allegory > [adjective] allegoricc1395 allegorical1528 allegoristic1828 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [adjective] > allegorical allegoricc1395 allegorical1528 allegorizing1607 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [adjective] allegoricc1395 allegorical1528 parabolical1563 apological1623 apologal1652 parabolary1652 Aesopic1664 parabolic1669 Aesopian1688 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > allegorical ghostlyOE allegoricc1395 allegorical1528 parabolical1563 parabolary1652 parabolic1669 semi-parabolic1876 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cxxix They devide ye scripture into iiij. senses, ye literall, tropologicall, allegoricall[,] anagogical. 1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 207 Sina the allegorical Agar. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 5 An Allegorical signification: as, when Peter by the Arke of Noah, signifies Baptism. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iv. i. 131 Some men..say they [sc. the Prophets] are to be understood in a figurate and allegorical sence. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) ii. §4. 109 Its chimeras, its harpies, its allegorical figures, are grand. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah Prelim. Diss. p. lxviii The Chaldee Paraphrase..often wanders from the Text in a wordy allegorical explanation. 1829 T. Carlyle German Playwrights in Foreign Rev. Jan. 99 Quitting this idle allegorical vein. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 24 Heathen deities and allegorical personages appear in a kind of drama. 1903 E. K. Chambers Mediæval Stage II. xxiii. 153 This débat-like theme is of course familiar in every branch of allegorical literature. 1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 117 The lower level..carries four allegorical figures, Hope, Faith, Charity, and Immortality. 2010 T. Wallace-Murphy Hidden Wisdom x. 120 The Grail quest..was an allegorical description of an individual, inner adventure in spiritual existence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1528 |
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