单词 | piacle |
释义 | † piaclen. Obsolete. 1. Expiation; an expiatory offering. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > for sin boot971 piaclec1460 purgatory1563–4 piaculum1601 sin-money1611 piaculary1655 sin-rent1899 c1460 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 829 (MED) Froom our forn ffadir this venym [sc. original sin] cam, Fyndyng nevir noon obstacle..Ageyn this poysoun by noon pyacle, But of his seed ther sprang tryacle. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 103 Telle her..that she brynge wyth her..the shepe..wyth the other pynacles [Fr. pinacles] dedycated to the sacryfice. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xvi. 194 We..mycht nocht haue purgit ws þarof bot alanerlie be þe sacrifice of piacle [L. piaculum]. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. viii. 126 A Piacle for the sin committed. 1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War xiii. 381 The Conquerour In Battel lately was o'rethrown, and all Due Piacles exacted for your Fall. 1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) I. ii. 155 The LXXII..called the Scape-goat..the piacular Goat, because he was offered to be a Piacle. 1739 Universal Hist. IV. 201 They should see him [sc. Christ]..fulfil all the prophecies..of the Old Testament..by dying a piacle for the redemption of mankind. 2. a. Sin, guilt. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [noun] sakeOE wite?c1225 blame1297 guiltc1330 fault1377 culpablenessc1380 guiltinessc1480 guiltyship1557 faultiness1571 fact1583 blameworthinessa1586 delinquishment1593 obnoxiousness1610 nocency1611 delinquence1613 nocence1614 piacle1619 deliquity1682 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [noun] guilt971 sakeOE plightc1175 wite?c1225 blame1297 culpe1377 culpablenessc1380 fact1583 piacle1619 1619 Bp. J. King Serm. Publicke Thanks-giuing 52 May I without piacle forget..what hee then did? a1657 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 213 One proclaims it piacle to be sad, And th'people call't Religion to be Mad. b. An action which calls for expiation; a sin, crime, offence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > sinful deed > [noun] felonya1400 piaculum1575 piacle1644 peccancy1648 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [noun] > instance of sinc825 lahterc900 lastOE debt?c1225 unkindnessa1400 piacle1644 peccancy1648 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence sinc825 guilt971 man deedOE evilOE misbodea1200 follya1275 unthrift1303 misbreydec1380 offencec1384 crimec1390 forfeit1393 felonya1400 faultc1400 misfeatc1400 feat1481 demerit1485 misdemeanoura1513 facta1533 piaculum1575 miscarriage1579 delinquishment1593 delinquency1603 piacle1644 amissness1648 peccancy1648 1644 J. Howell Englands Teares 178 To glut themselves with one another's bloud..can there be a greater piacle against nature? 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. xvi. 22 Not to answer me when you mind me, is pure neglect, and no lesse then a piacle. 1676 Doctr. of Devils 77 Any Crime, Villany, or Piacle whatever. 1784 W. Fry New Vocab. 178 Piacle.., a great crime. 1880 F. Hall Doctor Indoctus 52 Talk of regicide, of cannibalism..or any other patibulary piacle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1460 |
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