单词 | humicubation |
释义 | humicubationn. Lying down on the ground, esp. as a sign of penitence or humiliation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [noun] humbling1549 prostration1619 self-abasement1641 self-nothingness1647 humicubation1656 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun] > prostrate or face down prostration1440 prosternationa1500 grovelling1611 humicubation1656 concidency1681 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > gesture of repentance veny?c1225 substration1646 humicubation1656 1656 J. Bramhall in T. Hobbes Questions Liberty 145 Fasting and Sackcloth, and Ashes, and Tears, and Hum-icubations, used to be companions of Repentance. 1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 195 That fasting be not divorc'd from its primitive society of watchings, humicubations, sorrowings. 1840 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers xiv. 255 Frequent watchings, humicubations, and the like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1656 |
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