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单词 the fullness of time
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the fullness of time

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P1. the fullness of time [after post-classical Latin plenitudo temporis (Vulgate), itself after Hellenistic Greek πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου (New Testament).]
a. The appropriate or destined time. Obsolete except as in Phrases 1b.Earliest found in or with reference to Galatians 4:4 (see quot. 1560).
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > the right moment or time
timeeOE
fultha1400
the fullness of timec1425
moment1781
kairos1936
the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent > fully or without exceptions or qualifications
quite and cleana1175
for odd or evenc1425
the fullness of timec1425
in toto1798
sans phrase1808
hook, line, and sinker1838
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xiii. 282 Se apostol paulus cwæð: þa ða þæra tida [lOE Corpus Cambr. 303 þære tide] gefyllednys com, þa sende god fæder his sunu to mancynnes alysednysse.]
c1425 Concordance Wycliffite Bible (Royal 17 B.i) f. 148 But whanne þe fulnesse of tyme cam [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. but where the plente of tyme cam, God sente his sone; a1425 L.V. fulfilling of tyme; L. plenitudo temporis].
c1475 Life St. Anne (Trin. Cambr.) (1928) l. 575 (MED) When the fulnes of tyme and the seson Preuentyd before by tyme prefynyte, God sent hys son.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Gal. iv. 4 When the fulnes of time [Gk. πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου] was come, God sent forthe his Sonne.
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 52 And this worke was done in a fulnesse of time.
1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. i. 193 The Messiah was now born, the Fulness of Time was come, that the old Serpent was to have his Head broken.
1841 J. Bright Hand-bk. for Emigrants, & Others viii. 179 The fulness of time is not arrived—until it has, your obligation is not cancelled.
1914 C. S. Thoms Working Man's Christ xiii. 269 To a complete interpretation of Christ there is a fulness of time necessary, just as a fulness of time was necessary to his coming.
b. in the fullness of time: (a) at the appropriate or destined time; (b) (now more commonly) after a due length of time (usually a long time) has elapsed; eventually.
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1548 W. Lynne tr. Urbanus Regius Serm. Fayth in tr. M. Luther Frutefull & Godly Expos. Kyngdom of Christ sig. K viiv He hath sent him [sc. Jesus Christ] in fulnesse of tyme [Ger. den hat er (da die zeit erfüllet war) gesand].
1554 Bp. T. Watson Twoo Notable Serm. ii. sig. N.vi It was promised to the fathers, and performed in the fulnesse of tyme.
1610 R. Cleaver in Ten Serm. ix. 56 He was God from euerlasting, and so knew all, his hand disposing of euery particular thing that in the fulnesse of time came to passe.
1651 C. G. Cock Eng.-law 6 At last in the fulness of time..it [sc. the kingdom of Judah] was sold or given to Herod.
1705 J. Witty Ess. towards Vindic. Mosaic Hist. Fall of Adam iii. 82 Jesus Christ in the fullness of Time came into the World.
1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. i. 4 Which in the fulness of time should be made manifest.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxvii. 357 Nor was she quite certain that she saw and heard with her own proper senses, even when the coach, in the fullness of time, stopped at the Black Lion.
1890 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 607 When in the fullness of time, with due preparation, with careful consideration, and with consistent regard to all existing conditions, the object may be attained.
1922 Rotarian Dec. 296/2 Perhaps in the fullness of time the opinion of his community will change.
1966 Bull. Atomic Scientists June 87/1 The hope..that in the fullness of time, the intelligent and fundamentally peaceloving Chinese people..will gradually influence their leaders to abandon their policies of belligerence.
2008 Running Times May 33/1 Running brings many rewards, but in the fullness of time the greatest reward is the friends it gives you.
P2. in its fullness: in its full extent, without exceptions or qualifications; in every detail or aspect; in its entirety.
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1794 J. Clowes tr. E. Swedenborg Delights of Wisdom conc. Conjugial Love 94 Love meets love, and..after the nuptials penetrates further, and thus becomes love in it's fulness [L. plenus amor], which grows every day into conjunction.
1842 E. B. Barrett Bk. Poets in Athenæum 11 June 521/3 Admitting the suggestion in its fulness.
1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. App. 728 That tale he adopts in its fulness.
1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 12/2 We see the greatest Christian scholars, men who believe the Christian Faith in its fullness, accepting with their whole hearts and minds every fact that science has established.
1970 Black Belt Oct. 23/1 One sees youth in its fullness, ripe with energy.
2006 Advocate 23 May 58/2 ‘With You’ perfectly captures love in its fullness just as ‘Lonely Sunday Morning’ conveys the stark emptiness of a breakup.
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