| 单词 | lent of pardon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslent of pardon (formerly also †penance) 3. An indulgence (indulgence n. 3a) which remits as much sin as would forty days of penance. Chiefly in lent of pardon (formerly also †penance). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > period of specific number of days Lentc1450 quarantine1617 quarantain1638 soixantine1722 parson's week1790 nundine1860 trinundine1891 pentad1906 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > fast > [noun] > period of > of 40 days lent of pardon (formerly also penance)c1450 carenec1503 quadragesimal1565 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > remission of penance > [noun] > indulgentiary > forty days Lentenc1390 lent of pardon (formerly also penance)c1450 carenec1503 quadragene1617 c1450 in Mod. Philol. (1923) 20 411 (MED) Seint Sylvester hath grauntid to alle that praye devoutely at the auter of seint peter xxviii yeres and as many lentis of penauncis inioyned and relese of the thryd part of alle synnes. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. clviiiv/2 There is seuen yere and seuen lentys of pardon. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lv/1 Aboue this is grauntyd xxviij C. yere of pardon, and the merytis of as many lentis or karyns. 1586 Treat. against Def. of Censure Bks. W. Charke & M. Hanmer ii. 475 The pardons are false, that promise to all men, that goe on such voyage, or pilgrimage,..full remission à pœna & culpa, or so manie yeares or lents of pardon. 1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery ii. iv. 93 You have with much labour, and some charge, purchased to your self so many Quadragenes or Lents of pardon. 1842 C. Elliott Delineation Rom. Catholicism I. ii. xiii. 423 You have purchased so many quadragenes, or lents of pardon. 2007 R. Hutchinson Thomas Cromwell (2009) iv. 82 The Pope..generously offered seven years and seven Lents of pardon to all those who said three paternosters..on that day. < as lemmas |
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