单词 | renunciatory |
释义 | renunciatoryadj. Characterized by renunciation; renunciative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [adjective] > characterized by renunciation renunciativea1500 renunciatory1667 1667 Naphtali 232 I must needs warne all to abhorre and beware of all Declarations and Oaths contradictory to the Covenant and renunciatory thereof, as they would not involve themselves in the guilt and plagues denounced against, and ordinarily inflicted upon Perjury and breach of Covenant. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. xxx. 232 They..prepared him a renunciatory Oration to pronounce publickly in S. Mary's Church, immediately before he was to be led forth to Burning. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 193 Passing an act renunciatory of their former groundless claim to what they now declared to be the rights of their hitherto oppressed and injured neighbours. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iv. 27 A meek renunciatory action. 1898 Cent. Mag. Jan. 463/1 A few big tears—the..outcome of Heaven knows how real a renunciatory struggle. 1921 Challenge 11 Feb. 230/2 The figure of Jesus Christ is hidden by the apparatus of renunciatory thought and practice which has been built about Him. 1958 Amer. Lit. 29 457 The renunciatory seclusion of the sect, with its emphasis upon chastity and the severance of all natural ties. 2003 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 23/3 Its renunciatory non-violent ending, which manages to be smug and utterly hypocritical at the same time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1667 |
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