单词 | spiritual mentor |
释义 | > as lemmasspiritual mentor C1. As a modifier, designating a person responsible for guiding or assisting others with regard to spiritual matters, as in spiritual adviser, spiritual counsellor, spiritual director, spiritual mentor, etc. Cf. spiritual parent n. at Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1613 J. Yakesley tr. St. Francis de Sales Introd. Devoute Life iii. xi. 307 We must obey..our ghostlie father or spirituall directour, in the peculiar guidance of our conscience, and soule. 1652 J. Gage Christian Sodality 235 The hearer doth not ask his spirituall Adviser the meaning of what is told him, but pretends to be satisfied therein. 1804 ‘E. de Acton’ Tale without Title II. 133 The office of a spiritual instructor..being so endearing as well as reverential. 1859 Christian Misc. Nov. 334 Many sick persons are agitated about their spiritual condition... The visit of a judicious and intelligent spiritual counsellor will often remove these agitations. 1901 R. Kipling Kim v. 111 The comfort..of being properly..respected as her spiritual adviser by a well-born woman. 1938 Life 7 Feb. 46/2 (caption) Father John P. Sullivan, spiritual director of the Rosary Confraternity which directs Jersey City's biggest Bingo game, here officiates at this favorite sport. 1997 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 31 Aug. 1D Sister Helen Prejean has served as spiritual counselor for five condemned prisoners. 2009 New Yorker 13 Apr. 49/3 Ahmadinejad's spiritual mentor is Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi, the leader of the ultraconservative Haqqani school. < as lemmas |
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