单词 | ethnical |
释义 | ethnicaladj. 1. Not Christian or Jewish; pagan, heathen; = ethnic adj. 1. Also: †not characteristic of Christianity or Judaism, heathenish (obsolete). Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adjective] heathenishc893 heathen971 misbelievedc1225 Barbarya1300 payenc1300 miscreantc1330 paynimc1330 uncircumcideda1382 uncircumciseda1400 gentilec1400 heathenly1415 paganismc1425 profanec1450 pagan1464 ethnical?a1475 payemec1480 miscredentc1500 heathenish1535 whorish1535 ethnic1542 ethnish1542 idolous1546 mammetrous1546 gentilish1550 idolatrous?1550 idololatrical1550 infidel1551 idolatrical1556 gentilical1573 paganical?1573 idolish1577 heatheny1580 irreligious1585 paganish1589 gentilic1603 idolaster1608 gentilitious1613 heathenous1613 idolatrizing1614 image-worshipping1621 misreligious1623 Mahounda1625 gentilizing1637 idololatrousa1641 infidelious1648 Baalitical1652 national1661 idolatric1669 paganic1676 gentilized1684 Baalish1690 idololatrica1711 infidelical1802 semi-fidel1834 Greekish1851 paganistic1853 unselect1882 goyish1888 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 17 (MED) Thynges of disporte be admixte with saddenes, and dictes ethnicalle [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. heþen; L. ethnica] to thynges religious. 1547 J. Hooper Declar. Christe v. D iij What..blasphemy of God, and Et [h] nycall idolatrie is this. 1550 J. Hooper Ouersight Jonas ii. f. xxxiv In these Ethnicall Mariners we se a singuler discrecion wit, & humanitie. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 43 Ethnicall sportes and pastimes. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 195 The Religion of the Peguans is Ethnicall, knowing many but false Gods. 1652 W. Brough Preservative against Schisme 42 Should not..Ethnicall Rome be lesse Babylon then the Christian. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xx. 124/2 The Custom of Preaching at Funerals may seem Ethnical in its Original. 1736 R. Grey Miserable & Distracted State of Relig. in Eng. x. 48 Honours and Titles and Names of Distinction are but Ethnical and Heathenish Distinctions among Christians. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xiii. §3. 237 The Subjects of the narrative..may be drawn..either from ethnical or sacred Story. 1814 Hist. Campaigns Brit. Forces Spain & Portugal V. v. vi. 492 Among the legions of Rome..ethnical superstition would have produced..revolt and flight. 1874 M. D. Conway (title) The sacred anthology: a book of ethnical scriptures. 1912 R. G. Nisbet tr. C. Clemen Primitive Christianity & Non-Jewish Sources i. b. iii. 233 Paul's views would have shown the influence of ethnical beliefs, if the naming of Jesus' name..had had an exorcistic purpose. 1920 Anglican Theol. Rev. Oct. 218 Gilmore very liberally accepts the general inspiration of all ethnical writings and advocates their claim to transmit revelation. 2. = ethnic adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > [adjective] heathenic1554 savage1559 heathnical1583 ethnical1818 ethnic1841 multi-ethnic1941 mono-ethnic1968 1818 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 13 Antiquities 83 As these tribes were numerous states, as well as descendants each from the common individual who first assumed the device, these [armorial] bearings were as much ethnical as gentilitial. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. i. 308 Purely upon geographical not upon ethnical considerations. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. iii. 58 As far as ethnical connexion is concerned, this analogy will hold good. 1900 M. L. Streator Anglo-American Alliance in Prophecy viii. 459 The signal manifestations of the power of Jehovah in behalf of his people, which they celebrate in their ethnical song of rejoicing. 1910 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 40 40 It would appear that the Rājputs of north-western India and of the Ganges valley represent a fairly uniform ethnical type. 1949 J. G. Fucilla Our Ital. Surnames ii. 20 They..have through centuries of cross-breeding fused into a fairly close-knit ethnical group now called the Italians. 1960 German Q. 33 80 Millions of East Germans and ethnical Germans, from Eastern and Southeastern European countries, moved into West Germany and Austria. 1987 R. Davies in J. P. Boyer People's Mandate (1992) Introd. 3 The relating of a small ethnical community to a larger one. 2006 Financial Times 27 Jan. 5/4 Other smaller languages, regional and ethnical, are suffering, but not because of what happens in Brussels. 3. Of or relating to ethnology as a branch of knowledge or subject of study; based on or dealing with ethnology. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > ethnoscience > [adjective] ethnographical1800 ethnographic1805 ethnological1822 ethnical1826 ethnologic1843 1826 Monthly Mag. Nov. 560/2 A Retrospect of the Ancient World: including a Survey, Ethnical and Ecclesiastical, of the British Islands, by the Rev. William Marriott, is nearly ready. 1844 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 464 Geography is not unimportant in ethnical discussions. 1865 D. Wilson Prehist. Man (ed. 2) i. 4 Here then are materials full of promise for the ethnical student. 1884 Publisher & Bookbuyer's Jrnl. 15 Nov. 11/2 The confused character of the prevailing ethnical literature dealing with the Sudan. 1916 Current Hist. Oct. 104/1 War requires a thorough and detailed study of the hostile country, thus promotes geographical and ethnical science. 2009 B. Rai Gorkhas viii. 248 The paradigm of social enquiry in the hills remains ossified and immune to the world of social and ethnical theories. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475 |
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