单词 | quadragesimalia |
释义 | quadragesimalian. rare. With plural agreement. Lent offerings or sermons. Cf. quadragesimal n. 1, 3.In quot. 1794 Coleridge is referring to Carmina Quadragesimalia ab Ædis Christi Oxon (1723-48). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection > during Lent quadragesimal1651 quadragesimalia1738 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Quadragesimals, Quadragesimalia, denote Mid-lent contributions or offerings. 1794 S. T. Coleridge Let. 9 Oct. (2000) 111 If you mean to continue your Imitations—you must procure the second Volume of the Quadragesimalia. 1876 Prayer-book Interleaved 103 Taking Quadragesimalia or Lent-offerings. 1926 G. R. Owst Preaching in Medieval Eng. 147 The work of the Mendicants undoubtedly takes first place where Lenten oratory is concerned. Its greatest monuments are their immense ‘Quadragesimalia’, with elaborately divided discourses for each of the forty days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1738 |
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