单词 | rehallow |
释义 | rehallowv. transitive. To sanctify or consecrate again; to resanctify, reconsecrate. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > reconsecration > perform reconsecration [verb (transitive)] reconsecrate1611 rededicate1611 rehallow1632 resanctify1634 1632 H. Hawkins tr. G. P. Maffei Fuga Sæculi 276 Yet fayled he not for all that, to employ himselfe when need was, with a most exact diligence, in consecrating, or rehallowing of Churches [It. consecrare o ribenedire le Chiese]. a1711 T. Ken Psyche iii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 226 Mind was enlightned, Passions tam'd, My Powers rehallow'd, Will inflam'd. 1763 R. Burn Eccl. Law I. 279 The church..being rehallowed, the lady with her own hands filled all the church vessels with water. 1814 Alonzo & Angioline in R. P. Jodrell Philol. Eng. Lang. (1820) Rehallow,..a thousand kisses warm and sweet Rehallow this sublime retreat. 1855 T. T. Lynch Rivulet xli. 59 Then be my heart, my world, Re-hallowed unto Thee. 1871 H. N. Oxenham Poems 45 What strange visitation Re-hallows it now? 1946 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 32 81 At the beginning of every New Year a temple was rehallowed and handed over once more to its divine occupant. 2004 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 26 June The tiny Church of St Thomas on Rathlin Island is to be re-hallowed next Saturday, following extensive restoration work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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