| 单词 | lapsed masses |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslapsed masses 2. Of a person: Fallen or sunk into a lower grade, or a depraved condition; esp. fallen into sin, or from the faith (cf. collapsed adj. 3); applied in Historical use to Christians who denied the faith during persecution. lapsed classes, lapsed masses: those who have dropped out of social standing. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [adjective] forraughtc1175 renayedc1380 apostate1382 apostasied1393 relapse?a1425 departed1439 renegate1488 retractive1509 apostatical1532 shrinking1535 apostatatec1540 runagate1558 apostatic1583 apostatous1588 collapsed1609 renegado1612 recreant1613 apotactical1615 apostatized1629 apostating1630 lapsed1638 apostated1642 apostatizing1652 renegade1664 diabolonian1682 backsliding1816 relapsing1864 backslidden1871 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > [adjective] > fallen into lapsed1638 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > lapsing or lapsed tripping1577 delapsed1622 lapsed1638 lapsing1667 the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] formerc1160 apassedc1314 past1340 preterite1340 eldera1400 elderna1400 eldernlya1400 bygone1424 bypast1452 ancient1490 by-runa1522 bywenta1522 spent1528 departed1552 forepassed1557 preter1578 by-come1592 worn-out1594 preterlapsed1599 foregone1609 worna1616 elapseda1644 lapsed1702 surpassed1725 gone-by1758 back1808 old-time1865 by-flown1884 society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > elevation or exaltation in rank > those reduced in social standing lapsed classes1854 lapsed masses1887 1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) iii. 36 Such a lapsed sinner may not be incapable of pardon. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xiv. 48 But this plea is in common with the Heathens and lapsed Christians. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. xvi. 35 That the standing Spirits hugely exceed the number of the lapsed. 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) iv. 98 Free you from the rubbish the lapsed posterity of Adam lies groaning under. 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. v. 406 His greatest Concern was for the Case of the Lapsed. 1706 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels III. 294 The Author of all Goodness to lapsed Man. 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (ed. 6) II. 231 May not virtue itself pity the lapsed? 1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 255 Good blood, and gentle conditions, derived from lost ancestry, and a lapsed pedigree. 1833 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xxv. 327 These lapsed Christians, as they were called,..retained their belief in Christ. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xvi. 367 It almost necessarily takes its place among the lapsed classes. 1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 198 The lapsed were restored under the prospect of renewed persecution. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Mar. 2/2 To facilitate the elevation of the lapsed masses. < as lemmas |
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