α. 1500s Iesus Day, 1500s Jhesus Day, 1700s 1900s– Jesus Day.
β. 1800s– Jesus' Day.
单词 | jesus day |
释义 | Jesus Dayn.α. 1500s Iesus Day, 1500s Jhesus Day, 1700s 1900s– Jesus Day. β. 1800s– Jesus' Day. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Jesus's Name (7 August) > [noun] Jesus Day1546 1539 J. Hilsey Man. Prayers sig. A.ii The name of Jesus daye.] 1546 Acct. in T. Sharp Coventry Myst. (1825) 214 P'd to þe mynstrell on Jhesus day at Smyths tavern xijd. 1595 J. Chardon Fulfordo et Fulfordæ (title page) A Sermon Preached at Exeter, in the Cathedrall Church, the sixth day of August commonly called Iesus day 1594. 1757 ‘T. Botanista’ Rural Beauties ii. xxiv. 132 The 6th of August, which was then appointed as an anniversary day of thanksgiving by the city, and is still observed here as such by the name of Jesus day. 1883 Rules, Ordinances, Bye-laws, & Customs of Worshipful Company of Ironmongers 23 General Quarter Court. (By ancient ordinance, this Court is appointed to be held the next Working Day after Jesus' Day, 7th Aug.). 2. U.S. A festival of marching and prayer held by some evangelical Christian communities on the Saturday before Pentecost. Also more generally (colloquial): any day with special significance in the Christian calendar, esp. Sunday, Christmas Day, or Easter. ΚΠ 1999 Daily Herald (Chicago) 13 Mar. v. 2/6 Jesus Day 2000 is a day for Christians to fill the Elgin area with practical expressions of God's love. 2007 @quirk 7 Nov. in www.twitter.com (accessed 16 Apr. 2019) Booking turkey and jesus day flights to Indiana. 2010 I. T. Thomson Culture Wars ii. 45 Religion is cheapened and trivialized by things like ‘Jesus Day’ (proclaimed in Texas by Governor George W. Bush). 2018 @dellcam 30 Aug. in www.twitter.com (accessed 16 Apr. 2019) I live in texas where you can't buy whiskey on sundays b/c it's jesus day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1546 |
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