legendariumn.

Brit.

/ˌlɛdʒ(ə)nˈdɛːrɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌlɛdʒənˈdɛriəm/

Inflections: Plural legendaria.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin legendarium.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin legendarium collection of saints' lives (see legendary n.). Compare earlier legendary n.In sense 1 probably not fully naturalized in English.

1. Christian Church. A body or collection of lives or legends of the saints; spec. a book of readings from saints' lives, often used as lessons during church services, a lectionary.Recorded earliest in extended use; cf. legendary n. 1.

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1848 C. H. Cottrell tr. C. C. J. Bunsen Egypt's Place I. 30 But the whole is borrowed from the legendarium of Osiris = Thoth [Ger. eine Darstellung aus dem Osiris-Thoth-Kreise].

1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece I. ii. xii. 497 The popular sympathies of our own middle ages hinge, indeed, on the Roman Catholic legendarium, somewhat as those of the Hellenes on the Homeric mythology.

1875 Notes & Queries 30 Jan. 90/2 A processional, containing the Litanies, &c. used in processions; a Postos, or Breviary; a Legendarium, or Book of Legends; a Martyrology; and a Calendar.

1911 Catholic Encycl. X. 191/2 This arrangement [sc. of saints' lives according to the calendar] has always been a favourite one also in the great Legendaria of the West.

1996 tr. A. H. Bredero Bernard of Clairvaux 163 He included this vita in a book of all lives of saints according to the church calendar—a legendarium that published the original vitae of the respective saints in full.

2013 S. Olson Daily Life in Medieval Monastery iii. 88 Saints' lives were..often collected in a legendarium.

2. A body or system of myths, legends, stories, etc., concerning or relating to a particular fictional world; a work containing this.Originally and chiefly in or with reference to the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien.

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?1951 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. (1995) 149 This legendarium [sc. the Silmarillion] ends with a vision of the end of the world, its breaking and remaking, and the recovery of the Silmarilli.

1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. Sept. (1995) 189 My legendarium.., which lies immediately behind The Lord of the Rings, is based on my view: that Men are essentially mortal and must not try to become ‘immortal’ in the flesh.

1984 Amon Hen No. 83. 12 The..subsequent stages..through which Tolkien's legendarium evolved throughout his life permits us to watch him labouring at the sub-creation of his Middle-earth.

2008 J. B. Toner Secret Fire 96 The Bent Universe..is a sort of the Silmarillion of my own little bent legendarium.

2014 Atlantic Cities (Nexis) 23 Dec. Sometimes..we must suspend our disbelief about the finer points within a legendarium that pits fire-breathing dragons against ice-blooded frost zombies.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	legendarium
释义	legendariumn. Brit. /ˌlɛdʒ(ə)nˈdɛːrɪəm/, U.S. /ˌlɛdʒənˈdɛriəm/ Inflections: Plural legendaria. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin legendarium. Etymology: < post-classical Latin legendarium collection of saints' lives (see legendary n.). Compare earlier legendary n.In sense 1 probably not fully naturalized in English. 1. Christian Church. A body or collection of lives or legends of the saints; spec. a book of readings from saints' lives, often used as lessons during church services, a lectionary.Recorded earliest in extended use; cf. legendary n. 1. ΚΠ 1848 C. H. Cottrell tr. C. C. J. Bunsen Egypt's Place I. 30 But the whole is borrowed from the legendarium of Osiris = Thoth [Ger. eine Darstellung aus dem Osiris-Thoth-Kreise]. 1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece I. ii. xii. 497 The popular sympathies of our own middle ages hinge, indeed, on the Roman Catholic legendarium, somewhat as those of the Hellenes on the Homeric mythology. 1875 Notes & Queries 30 Jan. 90/2 A processional, containing the Litanies, &c. used in processions; a Postos, or Breviary; a Legendarium, or Book of Legends; a Martyrology; and a Calendar. 1911 Catholic Encycl. X. 191/2 This arrangement [sc. of saints' lives according to the calendar] has always been a favourite one also in the great Legendaria of the West. 1996 tr. A. H. Bredero Bernard of Clairvaux 163 He included this vita in a book of all lives of saints according to the church calendar—a legendarium that published the original vitae of the respective saints in full. 2013 S. Olson Daily Life in Medieval Monastery iii. 88 Saints' lives were..often collected in a legendarium. 2. A body or system of myths, legends, stories, etc., concerning or relating to a particular fictional world; a work containing this.Originally and chiefly in or with reference to the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien. ΚΠ ?1951 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. (1995) 149 This legendarium [sc. the Silmarillion] ends with a vision of the end of the world, its breaking and remaking, and the recovery of the Silmarilli. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. Sept. (1995) 189 My legendarium.., which lies immediately behind The Lord of the Rings, is based on my view: that Men are essentially mortal and must not try to become ‘immortal’ in the flesh. 1984 Amon Hen No. 83. 12 The..subsequent stages..through which Tolkien's legendarium evolved throughout his life permits us to watch him labouring at the sub-creation of his Middle-earth. 2008 J. B. Toner Secret Fire 96 The Bent Universe..is a sort of the Silmarillion of my own little bent legendarium. 2014 Atlantic Cities (Nexis) 23 Dec. Sometimes..we must suspend our disbelief about the finer points within a legendarium that pits fire-breathing dragons against ice-blooded frost zombies. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848
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