| 单词 | gospel-oak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgospel-oak gospel-oak n. (see quot. 1862). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > oak at which preaching is heard gospel-tree1648 gospel-oak1830 1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 34 The Gospel Oak near Stoneleigh stands in a little retired coppice. 1862 Toulmin Smith in Parl. Remembrancer Oct. 189 Every one knows how many ‘Gospel oaks’ there are in different places:—the ancient mark-trees, distinguishing boundaries, and at which the perambulators have, for ages, been accustomed to stand..while the ‘gospel’ has been pronounced, cursing him who moves the landmarks. < as lemmas |
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