单词 | kneeler |
释义 | kneelern. 1. A person who kneels, esp. in reverence; spec. (in 16–17th centuries) one who received the Lord's Supper kneeling. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > kneeling, bowing, or prostration > one who performs loutera1340 kneelerc1380 genuflector1869 society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun] > participant > while kneeling kneeler1665 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 3 Whos knelere, I, am unworþi to unbinde þe lace of his shoon. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 264 Hercules, whom the greekes do call Engonasin, as it were the kneeler, bicause of his gesture. 1665 J. Livingston Mem. Char. in Sel. Biogr. (1845) I. 344 They would not communicat with Kneelers. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. i. 15 Down the ready kneeler dropt between me and [the door]. 1864 J. Walker in Faithful Ministry iv. 84 He then retired..waving his hand and blessing the kneelers. 2. Church History. a. A person belonging to the third class of penitents in the early Eastern church, so called because they knelt between the ambo and the church-door during the whole of divine service. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing > varieties of prostratea1600 succumbent1661 co-stander1709 prostrator1709 consistenta1711 kneeler1719 substrator1720 weeper1841 stander1877 scrupulant1938 1719 T. Lewis Hist. Ess. Consecr. Churches 95 In this Part of the Church..stood the Class of the Penitents, who were call'd Kneelers. a1773 A. Butler Moveable Feasts Catholic Church (1774) 317 The third Rank of Penitents was that of the Kneelers, or Prostrators. b. In the Apostolic Constitutions, one of the second class of catechumens, who received the bishop's blessing on bended knee. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [noun] > one who undergoes > of second class hearer1693 kneeler1882 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 202 The Catechumens proper, both the Audientes..and Genuflectentes (kneelers). a. The return of the dripstone at the spring of an arch: cf. knee n. 10. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > parts of coin1350 pendant1359 voussoir1359 springer1435 spandrel1477 spring?1553 pitch1615 kneeler1617 gimmalsa1652 face1664 of the third point1672 turn1677 sweep1685 hance1700 skew-back1700 summering1700 springing1703 tympan1704 hip1726 reins1726 rib1726 third point1728 quoin1730 archivolt1731 opening1739 soffit1739 shoulder1744 extrados1772 intrados1772 haunch1793 arch-stone1828 twist1840 coign1843 architrave1849 escoinçon1867 pulvino1907 pin1928 1617 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 204 Doorsteedes with..heddes and cornishes and kneelers over ye same. 1617 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 205 Cornises and kneelers over everie windowe. b. Each of the terms or steps of the ‘fractable’ of a gable; a crow-step or corbie-step. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > coping > on gable > crow-step kneeler1688 corbie-steps1808 crow-step1824 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 472 A kneeler,..stones that stand upright, that makes a Square outward aboue, and inward below. 4. A board, stool, or hassock on which to kneel. Also attributive in kneeler chair. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cushion > [noun] tut1553 pess1575 hassock1582 trush1621 pessock1680 kneeler1848 buffet1877 society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > for kneeling kneeler1848 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > kneeler hassock1582 butt1823 kneeler1848 1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain iii. x. 381 At the lower end of the church were about three ranges of movable benches, with backs and kneelers. 1894 Daily News 22 May 7/1 There are also fauld-stools and kneelers. 1909 M. B. Saunders Litany Lane i. xi She would follow the Stations of the Cross with a slow dreaminess, and lean longer over her kneeler chair when the services had finished. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 94 The traditional U-shaped elm kneeling mat or ‘kneeler’..had many uses on the farm. It was also used until early in this century in the house. 1972 S. Burnford One Woman's Arctic (1973) iii. 70 Some beautiful inset work sewn in to the sealskin kneelers. 5. Mining. (See quot. 1883.) ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Kneeler, a quadrant by which the direction of pump rods is reversed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380 |
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