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单词 soul merchant
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soul merchant
soul merchant n. derogatory a person who deals falsely with religious or spiritual matters; (also) one who buys and sells people.
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?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 88v To say that it is vnperfect, is to blaspheme Iesus Christ, and his passion, as doe these monstrous soule Merchaunts, which will haue them to make satisfaction for their sinnes in the fyre of Purgatorie.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Deut. xxiv. 7) 127 Of which sort of soul-merchants, there are now-a-dayes found not a few.
1718 S. Keimer Search after Relig. 20 A great Soul-Merchant, and Opposer of Truth.
1789 Hieroglyphick xx. 113 The Soul Merchants, Priests and People, supporters of War.
1853 R. Bigsby Ombo x. 230 When she got back, the old soul-merchant was gone, and the child too.
1865 Baptist Mag. Nov. 717/2 So the Pope's empty coffers are filled, and the soul-merchant of Rome drives a thriving trade.
1901 Rec. Christian Work Dec. 934 A soul merchant, unhesitatingly sacrificing the spiritual interests of all around him, if they stand in the way of his bargaining.
2001 J. Lloyd Protest Ethic iii. 47 Klein's talent has been to link the corporate soul merchants to the cheap-labour plants in the third world.
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