in principion.adv.

Brit.

/ˌɪn prɪnˈsɪpɪəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌɪn ˌprɪnˈsɪpioʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in principio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin in principio, greetings formula (see note), specific use of classical Latin in principiō in the beginning, which occurs in post-classical Latin in the opening of St John's Gospel and the book of Genesis (Vulgate) < in in prep. + principiō , ablative of principium principium n.The words in principio or in principio erat verbum (‘in the beginning was the word’) were used to indicate the first fourteen verses of St John's Gospel, which were popular in religious devotion in the Middle Ages. The shorter formulae were used by friars as a greeting and in exorcism (from the 12th cent.). In the following quotation Tyndale criticizes such use as an example of superstitious practices:1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xxxvij And soch is that some hange apece of S. Ihons gospell aboute their neckes...Soch is the limeteriers sayenge of in principio erat verbum from housse to housse.

A. n.

The first words of St. John's Gospel and Genesis, typically recited as a prayer or invocation by a begging friar; an instance of reciting these. Now rare and historical.

ΚΠ

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 256 So plesant was his In principio.

a1500 in H. A. Person Cambr. Middle Eng. Lyrics (1953) 42 When I come in to a schope for to say in principio þei bidine me goo forþ lewed poppe & worche & win my siluer so.

1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman 43 Hee cried out: Cursed be In principio [Fr. Maudit soit In principio], If I were able to smother it, how willingly would I doe it?

1963 Mod. Lang. Rev. 58 3 The Friar's In Principio is so effective that it is able to extract the last farthing from a poor widow.

B. adv.

In the beginning; at or from the first. Now rare and somewhat archaic.

ΚΠ

?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Bvii Sure thou were not in principio.

a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 40 Christ, was no lesse the Word, in the wombe of the Virgin..then Hee was in principio, in the bosome of his Father.

1755 L. Carter Jrnl. House of Burgesses 14 May in Diary (1965) I. 122 I could not help attacking this in Principio.

1855 E. de P. O'Kelly Theol. for People 80 From the first (ab initio, or, in principio), to borrow the common expression of a ‘beginning’, God provided for all consequences.

1998 Stud. Romanticism 37 640 It [sc. a beacon] articulates the ‘bare common’ where in principio the boy found himself at a loss.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	in principio
释义	in principion.adv. Brit. /ˌɪn prɪnˈsɪpɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɪn ˌprɪnˈsɪpioʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in principio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin in principio, greetings formula (see note), specific use of classical Latin in principiō in the beginning, which occurs in post-classical Latin in the opening of St John's Gospel and the book of Genesis (Vulgate) < in in prep. + principiō , ablative of principium principium n.The words in principio or in principio erat verbum (‘in the beginning was the word’) were used to indicate the first fourteen verses of St John's Gospel, which were popular in religious devotion in the Middle Ages. The shorter formulae were used by friars as a greeting and in exorcism (from the 12th cent.). In the following quotation Tyndale criticizes such use as an example of superstitious practices:1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xxxvij And soch is that some hange apece of S. Ihons gospell aboute their neckes...Soch is the limeteriers sayenge of in principio erat verbum from housse to housse. A. n. The first words of St. John's Gospel and Genesis, typically recited as a prayer or invocation by a begging friar; an instance of reciting these. Now rare and historical. ΚΠ c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 256 So plesant was his In principio. a1500 in H. A. Person Cambr. Middle Eng. Lyrics (1953) 42 When I come in to a schope for to say in principio þei bidine me goo forþ lewed poppe & worche & win my siluer so. 1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman 43 Hee cried out: Cursed be In principio [Fr. Maudit soit In principio], If I were able to smother it, how willingly would I doe it? 1963 Mod. Lang. Rev. 58 3 The Friar's In Principio is so effective that it is able to extract the last farthing from a poor widow. B. adv. In the beginning; at or from the first. Now rare and somewhat archaic. ΚΠ ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Bvii Sure thou were not in principio. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 40 Christ, was no lesse the Word, in the wombe of the Virgin..then Hee was in principio, in the bosome of his Father. 1755 L. Carter Jrnl. House of Burgesses 14 May in Diary (1965) I. 122 I could not help attacking this in Principio. 1855 E. de P. O'Kelly Theol. for People 80 From the first (ab initio, or, in principio), to borrow the common expression of a ‘beginning’, God provided for all consequences. 1998 Stud. Romanticism 37 640 It [sc. a beacon] articulates the ‘bare common’ where in principio the boy found himself at a loss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.c1405
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