单词 | our father |
释义 | Our Fathern. Christian Church. 1. God conceived of as the father of humankind. Usually as a form of address. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 302 Ealle we clypiað to gode & cweðað, pater noster, þu ure fæder þe eart on heofonum. a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 233 (MED) Ure hlaford almihti god..He is hure fader. c1330 in Englische Studien (1886) 9 47/2 We clepen oure fader þe kyng of heuene, And ȝif he houre fader is, Þanne be we hise children. c1425 Myrour to Lewde Men & Wymmen (Harl.) (1981) 77 (MED) Oure Fader is verray God & verray man, one substaunce in thre persones. a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 294 (MED) Þer sittes my soule þat se may no fyrre, Dwynande in þe derke dethe þat dyȝt vs oure fader. 1553 Short Catech. in Two Liturgies Reign Edward VI (1844) 522 We beseech our Father, that he bring us into no such hard escape and peril, nor leave us in the very plunge of danger. 1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 75 This heart reviving and establishing Doctrine of the Dominion of our Father. 1895 J. Smith Permanent Message Exod. xviii. 264 In His great-heartedness our Father is tolerant of mere human frailty. 1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 182 Our Father, we come before you today as humble as we know how. 1991 Tablet 21 Dec. 1585/2 The white tiled walls echoed our call to Our Father in heaven, and one of the constables, being a Catholic, joined in the Hail Mary. 2. The Lord's Prayer; an instance of saying this. Cf. paternoster n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > the Lord's Prayer paternostereOE patera1400 Lord's Prayer1538 Our Father1859 1859 ‘L.N.R.’ Missing Link v. 130 Do you ever say your prayers? What! don't you even know ‘Our Father?’. 1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xl Together [they]..said the ‘Our Father’ and sealed their reconciliation. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 15 Oct. 2/1 It had never occurred to either of them to trouble about the religious instruction given, but they liked their children to sing hymns and be able to repeat ‘Our Father,’ as they invariably designate the Lord's Prayer. 1935 Amer. Mercury Feb. 175/2 They turn their hands to..coaxing Protestants and Hindus to say ‘Our Fathers’ for the Pope's intentions. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds vi. 113 Meggie sat by his side.., praying a wordless stream of Our Fathers and Hail Marys. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau i. 13 We mumbled an Our Father and recited the doxology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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