| 单词 | religious house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreligious house religious house n. [after Middle French maison religieuse (1280 in Old French as meson relegieuse; French maison religieuse)] a house or building inhabited by a religious order; an abbey, monastery, convent, etc.; cf. house n.1 and int. Phrases 3a. ΚΠ a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 128 (MED) Religyose houses in mony a plase For goddys loue he let þo make. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 29 Settyng themsefe in relygyouse housys ther quyetly to serve god. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies ii. i. 27 If you will needs to a Religious house. 1742 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) II. 512 He dissolved the monasteries and religious houses in England. 1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 115 (note) In religious houses they had a register..wherein they entered the obits or obitual days of their founders and benefactors. 1909 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics II. 77/2 Thus arose the practice of self-flagellation, first introduced in certain religious houses of Central Italy. 2008 Bolton News (Nexis) 4 Dec. The wine was currently used by a number of parishes and religious houses across the UK. < as lemmas |
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