| 单词 | faithful departed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfaithful departed faithful departed n. [after post-classical Latin fideles defuncti (6th cent.)] Christian Church (usually with the) those of the faithful who have died, esp. as remembered in prayer; cf. sense B. 1a(a). ΚΠ 1539 J. Hilsey Man. Prayers sig. Ee.ivv The soules of all faythfull departed by the mercy of God, let them rest in peace. 1674 G. Coles Theophilus & Philodoxus iv. 135 Your Doctors..generally hold, That the Souls of the Faithful departed, before Christs Resurrection, did not enter into Heaven. 1789 J. Barnard Divinity Jesus Christ 116 In the Liturgy of St. James, in the prayer for the Faithful departed, the Priest prays; ‘Gather us [etc.]’. 1857 Christian Times 30 Oct. 696/4 Are the faithful departed helped also by our prayers? 1948 G. D. Smith Teaching Catholic Church II. xxxii. 1161 One day of the year, November 2nd, is set aside as All Souls' Day... Every Mass that day is a black Mass, offered for all the faithful departed. 1993 H. Chadwick in J. McManners Oxf. Hist. Christianity i. 49 A..lady who treasured the relic of a martyr was rebuked for lavishing kisses on it at the commemoration of the faithful departed at the eucharist. 2012 Kerryman (County Kerry) (Nexis) 14 Nov. Rosary for the faithful departed. This is recited every Sunday of the month of November in Clogher Cemetery. < as lemmas |
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