单词 | in the highest |
释义 | > as lemmasin the highest in the highest: in the highest places; in the heavens. Later also reinterpreted as: in the highest degree. Chiefly with reference to the praise or glorification of God. [In Biblical use, translating post-classical Latin in altissimis, in excelsis (Vulgate), Hellenistic Greek ἐν ὑψίστοις (New Testament).] ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [adverb] > to the heavens in the highestOE the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb] > in Heaven in the highestOE on higha1200 abovea1325 alofta1400 within the veil1528 up there1938 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 OE Blickling Homilies 81 Þu þe come on Drihtnes naman, hæl us on þæm hehstan. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxi. f. xxix Hosianna in the hyest [L. osanna in altissimis, Gk. ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις]. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke ii. 14 Glorie in the highest to God [Wycliffite in the hiȝist thingis; 1526 Tyndale an hye; 1539 Great on hye; 1560 Geneva in the hye heauens, L. in altissimis, Gk. ἐν ὑψίστοις]. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke ii. 14 Glory to God in the highest . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Everard Universal Love of God to Mankind 10 By Believing the Gospel Preached there is room enough in God's Mercy, for the whole Creation, Glory to the Lord in the Highest. 1770 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 554/1 To listen..to the mouths of babes and almost sucklings, pouring forth the praises of God in the highest, and their gratitude for men's good will. a1832 H. Boyd Death of Queen Dowager (1850) 23 An angel..proclaims Her unity, in loud hosanna strains. Hosanna in the highest! 1897 Sat. Rev. 12 June 651/2 To praise in the highest ‘The Cloister and the Hearth’ is to echo Sir Walter Besant. 1928 C. E. Russell A-rafting on Mississip' xiv. 225 Glory to man in the highest, for he is the master of things. 1983 J. A. Martin in J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck Bible Knowl. Comm. 208/2 The angel was then joined by a great company of other angels engaged in praising God in the highest. 2001 Y. Martel Life of Pi (2002) xv. 45 He is the lord overcomer of obstacles,..the patron of learning. Simpatico in the highest. < as lemmas |
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