单词 | pillar of flagellation |
释义 | > as lemmaspillar of flagellation b. spec. Usually with the. The post or column to which Jesus was thought to have been bound when he was whipped (one of the instruments of the Passion). Also pillar of flagellation.The flagellation of Jesus by Pilate is treated briefly in the Gospels (Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:15, John 19:1), but no mention is made of a pillar (which was a feature of this form of punishment in the Roman Empire, until abolished by Constantine); however, it became conventional in artistic representations of the episode. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 142 Þencheð eauer inwardliche up on godes pinen..his swete bodi ibunden naked to þe harde piller. & ibeate. a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 281 Bute hwat tunge mai hit telle..Siðen bifore pilat hu þu was naket bunden faste to þe piler. a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) 1103 (MED) Of him þei diden is clothes..A bounden him to a piler [v.r. pelare]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 16433 (MED) To a piler þei him bonde. 1451 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 46 My lityll cros of gold..with..a peis of the peler that ouere lorde was Skowrged opon yerin. a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Passioun in Poems (1998) I. 35 Till ane pillar thai him band. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eei His precious body was tyed to the pylar by Pylate. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) ii. 69 Part of the pillar to which our Saviour was tied when he was scourged. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 246 The Pillar, or stump, at which they relate, our B: Savior was Scourged. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 17 The first place they visited was that of the Pillar of Flagellation. 1754 C. Thompson Trav. Turkey in Asia II. 7 A little Cell..wherein is kept the Pillar of Flagellation. 1834 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 221 A phial of the Savior's blood..a fragment of the pillar at which he was scourged. 1860 Times 26 Dec. 5/5 Jesus..scourged at the pillar or racked on the cross. 1954 Amer. Lit. 26 367 To Twain, the sword is of more significance than the Pillar of Flagellation. 2004 BusinessWorld (Philippines) (Nexis) 12 May 4 Rumsfeld would explain away such techniques as scourging at the pillar, crowning with thorns, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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