单词 | regeneratory |
释义 | regeneratoryadj. Of the nature of regeneration; regenerative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [adjective] > causing regeneratinga1556 regeneratory1803 regenerative1852 1803 G. S. Faber Diss. Myst. Cabiri II. 351 Mr. Maurice imagines, that these regeneratory sacrifices shewed the deep and unanimous conviction of the pagan world, that man had fallen. 1831 W. H. Mill Christa Sangítá Pref. 17 Those proselytes who by a regeneratory initiation were introduced to all the privileges of Abraham's children. 1898 Times 14 Feb. 12/3 It will point out to anybody with social sentiments within them one way in which they may do service, and do personal service, in the regeneratory work of their time. 1904 V. V. Branford in Ideals of Sci. & Faith 136 The same conception—at once evolutionary and regeneratory—of developmental continuity from the Past through the Present into the Future. 1971 Shakespeare Q. 56 They suggest..that a temporary withdrawal or change has vitalizing and regeneratory results. 1993 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas Jan. 103 Both lucidly articulated the regeneratory rhetoric which would accompany later commentaries on Nietzsche. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1803 |
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