英语词汇“monogram of christ”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. A motif consisting of two or more letters, esp. the initials of a person's name, written together and usually interwoven, used as a symbol to identify a personal possession or to sign a work of art, etc. Also spec. (in full monogram of Christ): the combination (☧) of the first two letters of Greek Χριστός (Christ).

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1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Monogram, a Cypher, or Character, consisting of one or more letters interwoven together, which was formerly the Abbreviation of a Name, and served for a Seal.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata v. 186 A Monogram oftentimes serv'd the turn.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Roman Labarum bore the Monogram of Jesus Christ.

1762 Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 31 The fourth letter is succeeded by a monogram, or complex character, formed of E and the aforesaid accented I.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xx. 194 The mysterious monogram, at once expressive of the figure of the cross, and the initial letters of the name of Christ.

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 341/1 The monograms used by the German and Italian engravers. The French artists rarely used monograms.

1847 Ld. Lindsay Sketches Hist. Christian Art I. 102 A cross..supporting the monogram of Christ.

1883 A. K. Green Hand & Ring viii I have read the Monogram upon your handkerchief.

1900 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 24 On these stone pillars is found the Christian monogram, surrounded by a circle.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 June p. vi/3 One is glad to see a survival of the monogramme as a decoration in gold on levant.

1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 85 Several of the spoons bore the monogram of Christ (Chi-Rho).

1999 R. Tremain Music & Silence (2000) ii. 243 Golden monograms were sprinkled like pollen over doorways, windows and arches.

单词	monogram of christ
释义	> as lemmas monogram of Christ 1. A motif consisting of two or more letters, esp. the initials of a person's name, written together and usually interwoven, used as a symbol to identify a personal possession or to sign a work of art, etc. Also spec. (in full monogram of Christ): the combination (☧) of the first two letters of Greek Χριστός (Christ). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > monogram ciphera1640 monogram1696 monograph1849 toughra1888 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Monogram, a Cypher, or Character, consisting of one or more letters interwoven together, which was formerly the Abbreviation of a Name, and served for a Seal. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata v. 186 A Monogram oftentimes serv'd the turn. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Roman Labarum bore the Monogram of Jesus Christ. 1762 Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 31 The fourth letter is succeeded by a monogram, or complex character, formed of E and the aforesaid accented I. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xx. 194 The mysterious monogram, at once expressive of the figure of the cross, and the initial letters of the name of Christ. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 341/1 The monograms used by the German and Italian engravers. The French artists rarely used monograms. 1847 Ld. Lindsay Sketches Hist. Christian Art I. 102 A cross..supporting the monogram of Christ. 1883 A. K. Green Hand & Ring viii I have read the Monogram upon your handkerchief. 1900 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 24 On these stone pillars is found the Christian monogram, surrounded by a circle. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 June p. vi/3 One is glad to see a survival of the monogramme as a decoration in gold on levant. 1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 85 Several of the spoons bore the monogram of Christ (Chi-Rho). 1999 R. Tremain Music & Silence (2000) ii. 243 Golden monograms were sprinkled like pollen over doorways, windows and arches. extracted from monogramn.³ < as lemmas
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