单词 | herodian disease |
释义 | > as lemmasHerodian disease Herodian disease n. [compare post-classical Latin morbus Herodianus (1596 or earlier), infirmitas Herodiana (6th cent.)] rare (now historical) a loathsome disease likened to that affecting Herod Agrippa according to the biblical account of his death (Acts 12:23) (often identified as infestation with lice). ΚΠ 1597 in Cecil Papers (Hatfield House CP 57/26) f. 27 The king is sycke of ye herodian disseaze, and his sonne signes all warrantes. 1650 A. Weldon Court & Char. King James 13 He dyed opportunely..to leave a mark of ignominy on himselfe by that Herodian disease. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Herodian, belonging to Herod, as the Herodian Disease, which is to be eaten to Death with Lice, as Herod was. 1840 J. H. Jesse Mem. Court Eng. I. 179 By some writers his death is said to have been caused by that most horrible of visitations, the Herodian disease. 1861 P. F. Moran Mem. Oliver Plunket Introd. p. lxvii From 1641 to 1650 more than 180,000 English in various parts of Ireland were carried away, not so much slain in war, as destroyed by this herodian disease and other plagues. 1902 J. J. Foster Stuarts I. iii. 32 Nor can any credence be given to the scandalous story, which is told by Sir Anthony Weldon, of his dying of the Herodian disease. < as lemmas |
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