单词 | hearer |
释义 | hearern. 1. a. One who hears; an auditor, listener. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] > hearer or listener hearera1340 hearkener1340 auditorc1386 intelligent1508 audient1550 listener1611 auditress1667 harker1825 describee1830 sayeea1902 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter v. 11 Þai shew stynkand wordes þat corumpis þe herers. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James i. 23 An herere of the word, and not a doere. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 150/2 The fruit of stryfe among the hyrers. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 290 Thou wilt be like a louer presently, And tire the hearer with a booke of words. View more context for this quotation a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §19 517 As in the proverbial Court at Dover, all Speakers and no Hearers. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 24 Mar. 89 He knows me to be a very patient hearer. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 145 Those who are present..ought to be impartial hearers of both the speakers. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xi. 10 The Lorde be hearer betwene vs. 2. One who receives oral instruction, or attends lectures or sermons; a disciple. Cf. audient n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > pupil > receiving oral instruction auditor1483 hearer1686 lecturee1900 1686 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 59 Mr. Burroughs..formerly a hearer, and still a great lover, of my Reverend Father in Law, Dr. Samuel Annersly. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. 251 He was for a time one of Plato's hearers. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Apr. 14/1 The non-matriculated students, or ‘hearers’, at the four [Swiss] universities are about four hundred in number. 3. Church History. [translating Latin audiens.] One admitted to hear the Scriptures read and receive instruction, but not to the common worship of the church: applied to catechumens and penitents of the second order. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [noun] > one who undergoes > of second class hearer1693 kneeler1882 1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers II. 109 This sort of Catechumens were called Hearers, because they heard the Instructions which were given in the Church. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo iii, in Wks. (1721) III. 76 Within the hallow'd Door on either Hand, The Penitents advanc'd to Hearers stand. 1722 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ VI. 534 St. Basil says expressly, they were hearers only, and not allowed to be present at any prayers whatsoever. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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