单词 | table prayer |
释义 | table prayern. 1. A prayer said at table, usually one said before eating. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > before or after meal grace?c1225 benisona1300 table prayer1657 benediction1671 1657 A. B. tr. J. Buxtorf Jewish Synagogue xiii. 187 The Master of the family saies certaine table-prayers [L. precationes mensarias] at the period of the supper. 1812 J. Murray Lett. II. xxv. 142 With good Mrs. E. I dined, who I knew had been accustomed to attend to table prayers, and on my own omission, I could not forbear addressing her. 1854 E. J. Morris tr. T. Mügge Afraja 34 Ilda pronounced the table prayer, and her face expressed a reproving displeasure at the levity of her companions. 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 11 333 He examines first the Jewish meal-time customs..and, finally, the traces of the eucharistic celebration in Greek family and monastic table prayers. 1996 F. Chappell Farewell I'm bound to leave You (1997) 207 The Scotsman nodded and, taking note of the eager appetites on every side, responded with the shortest table prayer ever heard in the Lafferty household. 2. Anglican Church. In plural = Ante-Communion n. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun] massOE servicelOE sacrament?c1225 table1340 commoningc1384 the Lord's Supperc1384 Eucharista1400 oblation?a1425 communion1440 sacrifice?1504 Lord's Table1533 Maundy1533 the Supper?1548 unbloody sacrifice1548 mystery1549 communication1550 banquet1563 liturgy1564 table service1593 synaxis1625 mysteriousness1650 second service1655 nagmaal1833 ordinance1854 table prayer1858 1858 J. Purchas Directorium Anglicanum Gloss. 236 Table prayers, a popular name for the dry service. 1862 Union 11 Apr. Anything more dreary than ‘Table prayers’ at eleven o'clock we cannot conceive. 1902 G. W. E. Russell Househ. of Faith 238 Our list of services was as follows: Sundays—11 a.m., Morning Prayer, Litany, Table-prayers, and sermon; 6 p.m., Evening Prayer, and sermon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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