单词 | parentation |
释义 | † parentationn. Obsolete. The performance of the funeral rites of parents or relatives. Hence, more generally: a memorial service or observance for the dead. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] commemorationc1384 obsequyc1385 parentation1627 the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > performance of > of parents or relatives parentation1627 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) iv. 867 Let Fortune this new parentation make For hated Carthages dire spirits sake. 1654 R. Flecknoe Love's Dominion v. vii. 77 What parentations Shall wretched Euphanes use now, to appease Thy angry Ghost? 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 265 An happy voyage over the procellous ocean of your funeral parentation. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca i. xxxiv. 124 Children and heirs were to perform the accustomed rites of parentation. 1841 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 401 The Romans cut off a finger from the corpse, partly, as is supposed, that they might have something that once made a portion of the deceased, in the practice of their parentations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1627 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。