| 单词 | purple-seller |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple-seller purple-seller n. historical a person selling Tyrian purple, esp. St Lydia of Thyatira (see Acts 16:14–15). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns mercerc1230 clothier1362 draper1362 woolman1390 yarn-chopper1429 line-draper1436 Welsh drapera1525 telerc1540 purple-seller1547 linen-draper1549 staplera1552 silkman1553 woollen-draper1554 wool-driver1555 woolster1577 linener1616 woolner1619 linen-man1631 ragman1649 rag merchant1665 slop-seller1665 bodice-seller1672 piece-broker1697 wool-stapler1709 cloth-man1723 Manchester-man1755 fleece-merchanta1774 rag dealer1777 man's mercer1789 keelman1821 man-mercer1837 cotton-broker1849 slopper1854 shoddyite1865 costumier1886 cotton-man1906 1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe f. 44 Lydia by name, a purple seller verye rytche in merchaundyse, receyued Paule, Sylas, and Timothe. 1629 L. Andrewes XCVI. Serm. v. 315 The Purple seller (and if the purple seller, why not the Purple wearer?)..were in earth, Saints (as we reade) and are (we doubt not) in Abraham's bosome. 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. ii. v. 193 To these Paul deliver'd the Word of God, and by the Influence of God's Spirit converted, among others, a certain Woman nam'd Lydia, a Purple Seller. 1859 P. Schaff Hist. Apostolic Church i. iii. 263 One of these, Lydia, a purple-seller of Thyatīra..was baptized with all her family. 1985 Vigiliae Christianae 39 194 As to Lydia the purple-seller..M.'s conclusion that she belonged to the ‘Greek-speaking merchants who have settled in Philippi’ and possessed ‘some wealth’ is too optimistic. < as lemmas |
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