单词 | god's people |
释义 | > as lemmasGod's people God's people n. (a) a people or nation regarded as especially favoured by God; spec. the Israelites, Jewish people; (b) (esp. in a Christian context) people belonging to, or under the care of, God; people who worship or believe in God. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xi. 659 Goddis peple made no ioye, but [satte and] wepte and made mone. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 502 Goddes peple hadde he [sc. Anthiochus] moost in hate. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §760 Thilke þat thou clepest thy thralles been goddes peple. for humble folk been cristes freendes. c1455 Speculum Misericordie in PMLA (1939) 54 952 (MED) Hee dede goddys peple pursewe To harme. 1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) sig. D.iiiv Theyre preachyng can neuer diswade, to set and ordeyne ryche robbers and ignoraunt teachers ouer the Chrysten congregacion, goddes people, the kynges subiectes. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall ix. sig. C3 Pharao Cenchres (that drowned King of Egypt) who hauing a sepulchrall Pyramide elabored by the panefull taske of Gods people. a1771 J. Gill Compl. Body Doctrinal & Pract. Divinity (1796) I. 495 All the sins of God's people are remissible, and are actually remitted. 1845 J. M. Neale in Mirror of Faith xix. 68 And others told of the river old, that let God's people pass. 1903 Med. Missionary Sept. 215/1 Every son of humanity is a child of God, hence we are all God's people, and God cares for us and will not cast us off. 1979 Newsweek (Nexis) 12 Mar. 91 He takes care of those who need him, God's people all: the pornographer, the drunken cripple, the blind waiter. 1997 R. M. Brown Speaking of Christianity iv. xviii. 121 Where was the God of Sinai, of Abraham and Sarah.., when six million of God's people, including over a million children, were being exterminated? 2012 Times (Nexis) 7 Apr. 99 We have begun to dream about how it [sc. a new cathedral] will give glory to God and inspire God's people. < as lemmas |
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