单词 | evensong prayer |
释义 | > as lemmasevensong prayer General attributive, as evensong bell, evensong prayer, evensong service, †evensong tide, evensong time, etc. ΚΠ c1330 in Englische Studien (1886) 9 46/1 (MED) Þo euensongtime was icome, Doun of þe rode he was inome. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 17 (MED) At evensong tyme, whan derkenys drew vpon, ther was seyn a light from heuyn. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 801/44 Hoc vesperum, a hewynsongtyde. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. CC.xlvv/1 The yonge kyng entred in to Reynes, the saturday at euensongtyme. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 640 At Euensong time, the Deuill entred into this Church, in the likenesse of a Gray Frier. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 20 To diet their ignorance..with the limited draught of a Mattin, and even song drench. 1854 C. Knight Old Printer & Mod. Press i. viii. 153 It was evensong time when..the printers in the Almonry at Westminster prepared to close the doors of their workshop. 1874 Church Herald 23 Dec. 769/1 There will be a short Evensong service at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's, Haggerston. 1879 A. Reed Alice Bridge 89 Who did I see last evensongtide knitting so fast. 1909 Smart Set June 120/2 Once more the evensong bell sounded and she went in with him and knelt in her usual place. 1918 S. M. Best Merry Eng. v. 58 It was evensong time, and the sun in the west looked like a ship of fire going down amid wild gray breakers. 2008 Cathedral Music Nov. 15/2 Canon Brian Mountford..made reference in his Evensong address to ‘theological jazz’. 2015 J. Schaverien Boarding School Syndrome v. 67 A quote from the evensong prayer. < as lemmas |
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