单词 | penetralia |
释义 | penetralian. The innermost parts or recesses of a building; spec. the sanctuary or inner sanctum of a temple. Also figurative: secret parts, mysteries, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > that which is within > interior part(s) > innermost part inmosta1050 highestlOE depth1382 intestinea1533 bottom1587 penetral1589 deep1609 recess1616 recessora1637 intime1657 intrinsic1665 penetralia1668 innermost1674 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous 128 From the penetralia, the..secret chambers of the Soul. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 274 Admitted into the inmost Penetralia of the Lungs. 1779 W. Alexander Hist. Women I. iv. 79 So little do..[they] know what passes in all the penetralia of the harams of the East. 1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies I. xi. 178 But the sanctum sanctorum, the penetralia of the city, is a small region surrounding the cathedral, entitled the Close. 1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) xxiii. 323 They followed the boy into the penetralia of the great office. 1947 B. N. Cardozo Paradoxes Legal Sci. 99 We reach the penetralia of liberty when we throttle the mental life of a group so fundamental. 1994 H. Weinstein Better Man vii. 73 Even since Spock's mind-blowing journey through the vast penetralia of the machine-being V'ger a couple of years earlier. Derivatives peneˈtralian adj. rare ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adjective] > in or relating to the inner part(s) viscerala1631 penetralian1863 1863 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 355/1 The open heaven through which the grandeurs of eternity flow into the penetralian recess of the human heart. 1963 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 83 213/2 Li Mi, who had served four emperors in succession, was finally appointed ‘Attendant Gentleman’ in the Sanctum of Penetralian Writings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1668 |
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