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单词 kneeler
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kneelern.

Brit. /ˈniːlə/, U.S. /ˈnilər/
Etymology: < kneel v. + -er suffix1.
1. A person who kneels, esp. in reverence; spec. (in 16–17th centuries) one who received the Lord's Supper kneeling.
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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.
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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.
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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).
3. Architecture.
a. The return of the dripstone at the spring of an arch: cf. knee n. 10. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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).
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