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单词 discubiture
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discubituren.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin discubitura.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin discubitura (1550 or earlier) < classical Latin discubit- , past participial stem of discumbere discumb v. + -ūra -ure suffix1. Compare earlier discubitory adj., discubation n.
Obsolete.
A reclining posture assumed when dining.Used in discussions of the dining practices of the ancient Jews, esp. with reference to how the apostles were seated at the Last Supper.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun]
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1656 R. Vines Treat. Inst. Lords-Supper vi. 102 The gesture which was discubiture or lying on couch-beds.
1683 J. Williams Case Indifferent Things Worship of God (new ed.) 32 They were no more acceptable to God..then they who offered a kid, that ate it standing, then those that ate it in a posture of discubiture.
1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. (John xiii. 23) sig. Hhh4/1 Their ordinary posture at their common meals was Discubiture, that is, a kneeling on their knees, with a resting their bodies backward upon their legs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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