单词 | preacher up |
释义 | > as lemmaspreacher up b. With of: a person who preaches or advocates a particular message, doctrine, practice, etc. Also preacher up (cf. preach v. 2c). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises > by preaching preacher up1870 c1300 St. Paul (Laud) 43 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 191 (MED) To beo prechour of mi word, i-chose ich him habbe. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 3356 (MED) Thou..hast destruid to mochel schame The prechours of his holy name. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 21179 Þese were þe apostlis twelue..Precheres [a1400 Vesp. Spellers] of trouþe. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 23 Men scholde haue the prechoures of Holi Scripture in greete reuerence. a1500 Gesta Romanorum (Gloucester) (1971) 760 (MED) Þe goode scheperde or prelate or prechour of þe worde of gode..preches with þe horne of goddes worde. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Pref. Precheouris of ye word of god. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 4 The first Preachers of the Gospel. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xii. 126 We have him still a perpetual Preacher of his own vertues. 1693 W. Penn Some Fruits of Solitude §395. 110 He is among us still, and in us too, a living and perpetual Preacher of the same Grace. 1714 Boston News-let. 22 Mar. 2/1 He was for many years a Preacher of the Gospels at the Isle of Shoals. 1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments i. §iv. i. 104 Seneca, that great preacher of insensibility. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. iii. 40 Ever in conclave, with persons..who..are the preachers of violence. 1861 Contributions to Eccl. Hist. of Connecticut 276 He was soon known as a preacher of Unitarian doctrines. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 139 The denouncer of shams, the preacher up of sincerity. 1909 R. M. Jones Stud. Mystical Relig. 367 Hus, from the pulpit of the Bethlehem Chapel, became a powerful preacher of righteousness. 1960 K. Burke Let. 20 July in Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley (1988) 337 He fits especially well because of his turn from pagan word-merchant (venditor verborum) to preacher of The Word. 1993 Industry Week 6 Dec. 23/1 Overseeing a conglomorate that traffics in everything from space-saving radios to network-TV programming, Mr. Welch is a tireless preacher of the gospel of go and grow. < as lemmas |
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