| 单词 | the habit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe habit a. The dress or attire characteristic of a particular rank, degree, profession, or function; esp. the dress of a religious order; the habit, the monastic order or profession (cf. ‘the cowl’). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic garb > [noun] weedOE habitc1290 society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > monastic life or condition monkhoodeOE religiona1200 habitc1290 monkheada1400 religiosityc1443 monkery?1536 monachism?1570 monkship1620 cowl1653 monkism1659 monkishnessa1729 the cloister1781 monasticism1795 monkliness1887 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 20/45 Him-sulf he nam þe Abite þere: and Monek formest bi-cam. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 172 His abite he gan forsake, his ordre lete alle doune. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 3 In Habite of an Hermite [1393 C.: In Abit as an Ermite]. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 353 In kinges abyt went hir sones tuo. c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 67 Goo stele an abite, & bicome a frere. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 85 Frerys whome you wold juge to be borne in the habyte they are so lytyl & yong. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell x. 131 So that a Biscayner is capable to be a Cavalier of any of the three habits. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 17 The several Faculties..are distinguished by their Habits: Divinity-Students wear constantly Gowns and square Caps. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xliii. 471 Puritans, that is, such as refused the habits. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. v. 129 Magellan, whom the king honoured with the habit of St. Jago. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 110 The foreign reformers then in England..expressed their dissatisfaction at seeing these habits retained. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 77 While walking his hands were clasped under his habit. < as lemmas |
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