单词 | simple vow |
释义 | > as lemmassimple vow simple vow n. Roman Catholic Church a dispensable vow taken by a member of a religious order which renders actions forbidden by the vow illicit rather than invalid; opposed to solemn vow (see solemn adj. 5a). [After post-classical Latin votum simplex (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources); compare earlier solemn vow (see solemn adj. 5a).] ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > of vow: dispensable simple vow1532 1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. xxxiv This may be in two maners, one caled a symple vowe or syngle vowe, and ye other a solempne vowe. 1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders xviii. 196 All the difference which is between a simple Vow and a solemn one, is, that the first is a Promise made to God, before three or four Witnesses only. 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 86 In some houses these Gray Sisters make solemn vows, but in most they content themselves with simple vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 848/1 Whereas a simple vow makes marriage unlawful and deprives the person who has made it of the right to use his property, a solemn vow makes marriage invalid and takes away all dominion over property. 2007 S. Casey Greater Glory v. 89 Two thirds of the priests in the Jesuits took their final three simple vows after many years. < as lemmas |
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