单词 | holiness |
释义 | holinessn. 1. The quality of being holy; spiritual perfection or purity; sanctity, saintliness; sacredness. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [noun] halidom971 holiness971 blessedheada1300 holiheada1300 holite14.. sanctitudea1525 sanctimony1583 sanctity1611 spiritualty1618 sacrosanctity1650 odour of sanctityc1684 sacredness1686 hallowedness1828 sacrosanctness1876 sanctifiableness1894 sacrality1958 971 Blickl. Hom. 31 Þa þe him þeowiaþ on rihtwisnesse & on halignesse. c1000 Ags. Ps. xcv[i]. 6 Halignys on halignysse. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 99 Godes gast wissað efre to halignesse. c1230 Hali Meid. 31 Wið halinesse of heorte. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 331 Þe betere hym were in holynesse to nyme hyr to wyue. a1300 E.E. Psalter xcv[i]. 6 Helinesses and mikelhed in his helinesse. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 69 Hir herte is verray chambre of hoolynesse. a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 23 Slouthe..makes mane to yrke in prayere or halynes. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eiv By my holynesse, par ma saincteté. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxv. 220 Of Holinesse there be degrees. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. viii. 54 There rise up to view nameless beauties in holiness. 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal ii. 28 Holiness is innocence made perfect. 1885 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. ii. 49 Holiness consists in the subjection of the whole being..to the authority of conscience. 1896 Daily News 13 Jan. 6/4 One of the most interesting of Mr. Granger's chapters is that in which he explains primitive ‘holiness’ as obedience to the public recognition of the rights of ghosts and gods. 2. With possessive, as a title of the Pope, and formerly of other high ecclesiastical dignitaries.A transl. of Latin sanctitās, given originally to all bishops, then c600 limited to patriarchs, and since the 14th cent. to the Pope. The same title was also given to the Byzantine Emperors, and sometimes to other sovereigns; it was addressed by John of Salisbury to Henry II of England. (See Du Cange.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] popeeOE apostoilec1275 vicary1303 vicar1340 bridge maker1341 Antichristc1370 vicar generalc1386 Holy Fatherc1400 servant of the servants of Godc1405 His Holy Fatherhood?a1425 universal bishopc1475 holiness1502 harlot1535 papa1555 Apostolic seat1560 vicegerent1572 man of Rome1581 pontiff1583 bullman1588 apostolicship1599 Pontifex Maximus1610 infallibleship1613 sanctity1633 popeship1641 decretaliarch1656 blessedness1670 Holy seata1674 infallibilityship1679 pontifexa1680 holyshipc1680 unholiness1682 His Infallibility1834 Pape1927 1169 T. Becket Let. to Cdl. Hyacinth in Mat. Hist. Becket (Rolls) VII. 125 Omnes ad sanctitatis vestræ confugiunt pedes. 1170 King Henry II Let. to Pope Alexander in Mat. Hist. Becket (Rolls) VII. 419 Si devotionis meæ, pater, erga sanctitatem vestram experimentum quæritis.] 1502 King Henry VII in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 49 The Popes Holynesse hath named certeyn Legats to be sent to all Cristen Princis. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 75 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 I will appele to ye pape..Ffor happin yat his halynace Throw prayer may purchace To reforme my foule face. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 559 Your holines is heade of all holy churches. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 111 Ill it doth beseeme your holinesse [sc. a Lady Abbess] To separate the husband and the wife. View more context for this quotation 1689 Let. fr. Pope to Pr. Orange in Harl. Misc. (1808) I. 368 Great Prince, Although the semicircle of your Highness be..elevated above the full orb of my Holiness. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 118 With the permission of His Holiness Clement IX. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. iv. 223 ‘I could help you to repay it!’ said his Holiness [sc. Pope Leo]. a. concrete. A holy place, sanctuary; a holy thing, an object of religious devotion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > [noun] holinessc897 houseeOE halidomc1000 ZionOE God's houseOE wike-tuna1250 saintuairea1300 sanctuarya1340 holy1382 entry?c1400 the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1400 high placea1425 place of worship?1459 synagogue1490 God-box?1548 shrinea1577 bethela1617 prayer house1657 barn1689 bidental1692 altar1772 praying housea1843 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xv. 93 Inngongende and utgongende beforan Gode to ðam halignessum. OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) xxxiii. 158 And halignessa syndon to griðlease wide. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 27 Þenne cumeð drihtenes engel and binimeð þa halinesse mid him toward heouene riche. a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxii[i]. 12 In eritage Goddes halines hagh we. [1526 Tindale Heb. ix. 1 And worldly holynes.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [noun] worthingeOE bigengOE worshipOE knowledgingc1225 praising?c1225 holinessc1275 servicec1275 servingc1275 shrifta1300 anourc1330 worshippinga1333 devotion1340 blessing1382 the calves of our lipsc1384 gloryc1384 magnifyingc1384 worshipfulnessc1390 adoringc1405 divine service1415 adorationc1443 reverencingc1443 praise1447 culture1483 common servicea1500 venerationa1530 thanksgiving1533 cult1613 cultus1617 doxology1649 glorifying1748 feasting1840 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4014 Þer ich wulle halinesse [c1300 Otho holinisse] to mine goden halden. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 912 Brutus & his duȝeðe. makeden halinesse [c1300 Otho holynisse]. 4. (Usually with capital initial) to denote any of various religious sects which emphasize sanctification, spiritual purity, and perfectionism, or members, churches, etc., of any of these sects. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [noun] > person > collective the BrethreneOE godly1650 holiness1888 1888 California State Gaz. 623/2 Pasadena..contains Methodist, Baptist,..Friends, and Holiness churches. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders 271 In our day the same may be said of the Holy Rollers and Holiness People. 1928 Amer. Mercury Oct. 185/1 This..was first preached by the Straight Holiness sect in Kansas in the 1890's. 1940 J. B. Holt in Amer. Sociol. Rev. V. 740 (title) Holiness religion: cultural shock and social re~organisation. 1947 J. Wach Sociol. Relig. ii. v. 189 The Methodist and the Holiness movements are especially concerned with ethical perfection. 1957 J. M. Yinger Relig., Soc. & Individual i. x. 282 Any description of religious trends in the United States that did not refer to the strength of the ‘holiness’ sects..would be incomplete. 1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour iv. 33 Many of these sects—the Pentecostal, Holiness, Nazarene churches and others—have increased enormously in proportion to their size during this period [sc. 1926–1953]. 1961 B. R. Wilson Sects & Society i. v. 98 Elim is in no way as extreme as some of the Holiness cults of Tennessee and North Carolina. 1961 B. R. Wilson Sects & Society i. v. 105 In Britain it began..in such organisations as the Faith Mission, independent Holiness missions,..and among the Plymouth Brethren. 1968 W. Phillips in P. Oliver Screening Blues ii. 63 Now the Holiness people, when they come in, They said, ‘Boy we can make it by livin' above sin.’ Compounds holiness meeting n. a gathering or meeting for the promotion of holiness (in some religious communities). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] collect1382 collection1609 synaxis1625 prayer meeting1721 holiness meeting1892 1892 Daily News 21 July 6/4 In the evening a holiness meeting was held. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c897 |
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