| 单词 | in reverence of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (the) reverence of P5. in (the) reverence of (also †in the reverence that): = Phrases 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [phrase] > out of respect for in (also for, to) (a person's or god's) worshipeOE in honour ofc1300 in the reverence that1389 at (the) reverence ofc1405 in deference to1863 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 67 The brethere and the systres of the seyde Gylde, in the reuerence of god and alle halwyn and..seynte katerine, schulne fyndyn an candede brennennde..in the Chyrche. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 10 (MED) I haue forborn flesshe on the Wednisday in the reuerens that God was solde that day. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 10 (MED) It is good to fast the Saterday for the loue of oure ladi and in the reuerence of her virginite. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 120 Here ye enclyne bothe in token and in reuerence of our lordes meke comyng downe for to be man. 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull f. xxviiiv Wherefore God the father exalted him, and gaue him a name aboue all names, and that is had in reuerence of al creatures. 1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre iii. 152 In reuerence therefore of the hopes which the Grecians haue reposed in you. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xvi. 367 This great veneration of some Opinions is founded in the reverence of their Authors. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxiv. 38 Howsomever, that don't argufy in reverence of his being in a hurry. 1895 W. H. D. Rouse tr. Jataka II. 10 Do not, in reverence of my holiness, Do not devour him. 1999 K. A. Appiah & H. L. Gates Africana 1111/3 All celebrants [at a Kwanzaa feast] drink from the unity cup in reverence of their predecessors. < as lemmas |
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