单词 | nasrani |
释义 | Nasranin.α. 1500s Nastraynes (plural), 1600s Nostraines (plural), 1600s Nostranes (plural). β. 1700s Nusrani, 1800s Nusra'nee, 1800s– Nasrani, 1800s– Nasrany. Occasionally also with lower-case initial. Chiefly among Muslims: a Christian; cf. Nazarene adj. 1. Occasionally also spec.: (a) a Christian living in a predominantly Muslim country; (b) a member of a particular Christian sect or community, esp. one of the ancient Christian communities of South India.In quot. 1612 perhaps meaning ‘a Nestorian’ but confused with Nazarite n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] christenmaneOE limbc1000 christenOE disciplec1325 Christianc1330 member of Christc1384 Nazarenec1384 saintc1384 Nazarite1535 cross-bearera1569 Nasrani1583 Nazaritan1609 Galilean1611 Nasara1792 Xtian1940 1583 J. Newbery Let. 15 July in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) II. ix. xviii. 1643 In Aleppo I hired two Nastraynes, and one of them hath the Indian tongue. 1612 W. Biddulph Trav. Fovre Eng. Men & Preacher 65 Amongst all these sorts of Christians, there is amongst the Maronites an ancient company of Christians, called Nostranes, quasi Nazaritans, of the sect of the Nazarites. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Iourney III. 153 A small remainder of that great Caruan; the Nostraines (so name they the Christians of the East) that rid vpon Mules and Asses being gone before. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 291 The ruvid Cittizens, being Turkes, Moores, Iewes,..and Nostranes. 1792 R. Heron tr. C. Niebuhr Trav. Arabia II. xxvi. v. 242 In Arabia, the Christians are called Nassara or Nusrani. 1844 Madras Jrnl. 13 122 One Kerala Ulpatti (i.e. legendary history of Malabar) of the Nasrani, says that their forefathers..built Codangalur. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. xvii. 514 When I responded,..Sâlem exclaimed, ‘Ullah! how truly the Nasrâny speaks!’ 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 681/1 The St. Thomas Christians now prefer to be called Nasrani (Nazarenes), the designation given by the Mohammedans to all Christians. 1936 F. Stark Southern Gates Arabia iv. 40 About fifty children pursued, calling ‘Nasrani’ in a monotonous but not insulting way. 1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) viii. 221 That evening Ali slaughtered one for the Kanafah's crew and the two nasranis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583 |
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