单词 | discubiture |
释义 | † discubituren. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun] lairc893 lying?c1225 reclination1556 discubation1641 discumbing1641 decumbence1646 decumbency1646 discumbency1646 recubation1646 recumbency1646 discumbiture1655 discubiture1656 discumbence1656 decubation1664 decumbiture1670 recumbence1670 decubitus1879 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). < n.1656 |
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