| 单词 | blood accusation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblood accusation blood accusation n. [compare German Blutanklage (1840 or earlier); see also the etymological note at blood libel n.] an (unfounded) accusation that Jewish people use the blood of Christians in religious rituals, esp. in the preparation of Passover bread; an instance of blood libel; (also with the) = blood libel n. ΚΠ 1859 Hebrew Rev. 9 Dec. 126/2 The awful blood accusations have been renewed, as well as the outrages and all the violence which seems to be inseparable from them. 1902 S. Rapaport Blood Accusation & its Refut. 7 Rudolf I, Emperor of Germany,..in 1257..confirmed the edicts of two popes as to the groundlessness of the blood accusations. 1997 Jewish Social Stud. 3 12 Probably the most cogent and powerful rebuttals of the blood accusation were written by Anglican missionaries committed to the proposition that the Second Coming or Advent of Christ was dependent on the conversion of the Jewish people to Christianity. < as lemmas |
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