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单词 piacle
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piaclen.

Forms: late Middle English pyacle, late Middle English pynacle (see note below), 1500s–1800s piacle.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French piacle; Latin piāculum.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French piacle (2nd half of 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman) or its etymon classical Latin piāculum expiatory offering, act of atonement, action which calls for expiation, sin (see piaculum n.); compare -cle suffix.The form pynacle takes up a transmission error in the underlying French text (see quot. 1490 at sense 1). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (pəi·ăk'l) /ˈpaɪək(ə)l/.
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).
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