单词 | local ghost |
释义 | > as lemmaslocal ghost local ghost n. a guardian spirit or god associated with a place; = genius loci n. [After classical Latin genius locī genius loci n.] ΚΠ 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. xiii. 59 When they beheld the purple-cloathed Senatours sitting in their chayres of state, they worshipt them at first as gods, or locall Ghosts. 1818 T. D. Whitaker Hist. Parish of Whalley (ed. 3) iv. iii. 355 Every principal house had a local ghost. 2006 Asian Folklore Stud. 65 47 Most communities in Java have tales of a founder and a tutelary spirit with whom he made a pact, as well as stories of local ghosts and spirits and the rules for dealing with them. < as lemmas |
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