单词 | thanksgiving |
释义 | thanksgivingn. 1. a. The giving of thanks; the expression of thankfulness or gratitude; esp. the act of giving thanks to God. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [noun] worthingeOE bigengOE worshipOE knowledgingc1225 praising?c1225 holinessc1275 servicec1275 servingc1275 shrifta1300 anourc1330 worshippinga1333 devotion1340 blessing1382 the calves of our lipsc1384 gloryc1384 magnifyingc1384 worshipfulnessc1390 adoringc1405 divine service1415 adorationc1443 reverencingc1443 praise1447 culture1483 common servicea1500 venerationa1530 thanksgiving1533 cult1613 cultus1617 doxology1649 glorifying1748 feasting1840 the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanking or thanksgiving thankingc893 thanksgiving1533 thank-render1548 gratulation1579 surrender1594 gratificationa1597 Eucharist1604 Eucharistic1623 1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde E iv b One or other Psalme or prayer of thankes giuyng in the mother tongue. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Tim. iv. 4 For all the creatures of God are good, and nothing to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankesgeuynge. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 29 Gyf sic zeirlie memorial in blythnes and thankisgeifing wes haldin. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 193 I cannot stay thankes-giuing. View more context for this quotation 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man v. §8. 113 The fifth part of prayer is thanksgiving; That is, the praising, and blessing God for all his mercies. 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 159 Think how full of thanksgiving were my prayers last night. b. A public celebration, with religious services, held as a solemn acknowledgement of Divine favours; also, a day set apart for this purpose; spec. in U.S., Thanksgiving Day (see Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanking or thanksgiving > public thanksgiving1641 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > thanksgiving > [noun] supplication1600 thanksgiving1641 Te Deum1679 the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time > specific festivals saturnals1487 Saturnalia1538 wake-day1538 Thanksgiving Day1674 Garland Day1833 wake-week1870 wakes week1886 Thump Sunday1916 thanksgiving1930 Garland Sunday1933 Garland Friday1960 1641 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 10 It was resolved that there shalbe on ye 7th of September next a publique thanksgiving for this good accord betweene ye 2 nacions. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 217 Publick Thanksgivings were Ordered to be given to God for this Victory. 1760 J. Adams Diary 26 Nov. (1961) I. 173 Night before Thanksgiving. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxvii. 346 Great as the preparations were for the dinner, everything was so contrived that not a soul in the house should be kept from the morning service of Thanksgiving. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 87 By Thanksgiving Mac had beaten his way to Sacramento. 1981 Nordic Skiing Jan. 50/1 The resort is situated at 7,000 feet..with a ski season extending from Thanksgiving to mid-May. 2. An act or expression of thanks; esp. a form of words, a prayer or religious service used to render thanks for Divine benefits. General Thanksgiving, the first of the forms of thanksgiving in the Book of Common Prayer, that for the blessings of life in general. Great Thanksgiving, in early and eastern liturgies: see quot. 1719. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxix. [xl.] 3 He hath put a new songe in my mouth, euen a thankesgeuynge vnto oure God. 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Churchynge of Women sig. R.iv (heading) The thankes geuing of women after childe birth. 1662 Bk. Common Prayer (heading) Prayers & Thanksgivings upon several occasions... A General Thanksgiving. 1719 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ VI. xv. iii. 651 After this the Priest went on with the εὐχαριστία properly so called, that is the great Thanksgiving to God for all his Mercies both of Creation, Providence, and Redemption. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 185 The ministers selected from that liturgy such prayers and thanksgivings as were likely to be least offensive to the people. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 36 The next Sunday was the thankesgiving-Sermonds, perform'd in Coll: Gorings Regiment. 1814 R. Southey Carmen Triumph. xvi With one consent, The high thanksgiving strain to heaven is sent,..Glory to God! Deliverance for Mankind! a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiii. 17 They had still in their ears the thanksgiving sermons and thanksgiving anthems. 1902 I. Hamilton Let. 8 June in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. i. 145 We have just had our Thanksgiving Service. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 338 On the 14th a great thanksgiving-service was held in the Cathedral. C2. The first celebration was held by the Plymouth colony in 1621, in thankfulness for their first harvest in America after a year of struggle and privation, and the usage became general in New England. After the Revolution, it extended to the Middle States, and later to the West; after the Civil War gradually to the South. Its national observance has been annually recommended by the President since 1863. Thanksgiving Day n. a day set apart for public thanksgiving for Divine goodness; spec. in the United States, an annual festival religious and social, now appointed by proclamation and celebrated (since 1941) on the fourth Thursday in November; also in Canada, celebrated on the second Monday in October. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time > specific festivals saturnals1487 Saturnalia1538 wake-day1538 Thanksgiving Day1674 Garland Day1833 wake-week1870 wakes week1886 Thump Sunday1916 thanksgiving1930 Garland Sunday1933 Garland Friday1960 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day1674 harvest festival1882 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 214 Towards night I returned to Boston again, the next day being Thanksgiving day, on Fryday the Tenth day we weighed Anchor. 1704 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 460 Sir Christopher Wrenn is erecting a throne in St. Pauls cathedral for her majestie to sitt in on the thanksgiving day. 1714 S. Sewall Diary 25 Nov. (1973) II. 776 Thanks-giving day; very cold. 1844 J. G. Whittier Pumpkin iii Ah! on Thanksgiving day..When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board The old broken links of affection restored. 1903 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 5/1 Thanksgiving Day long remained an institution peculiar to New England, but it has been observed annually in New York State since 1817. Thanksgiving dinner n. U.S. a dinner, usually consisting of traditional dishes, served on Thanksgiving Day. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions plough feast1355 king ale1472 natal1484 primifeste1551 mayor's feast1578 sheep-shearing feast1586 sheep-shearing1611 christening1617 bean-feast1805 updrinking1819 Thanksgiving dinner1830 bump supper1845 potlatch1858 stag1904 rehearsal dinner1906 1830 Workingman's Gaz. (Woodstock, Vermont) 1 Dec. 78/2 They have added to the comfort and happiness of those, whose scanty pittance would hardly allow them to enjoy the luxuries of Thanksgiving dinner. a1892 W. Whitman Daybks. & Notebks. (1978) I. 89 Took Thanksgiving dinner there Nov 26 '80. 1981 Washington Post 22 Nov. k 1/3 Thanksgiving dinner starts with an enormous glut of oysters. Thanksgiving turkey n. U.S. a turkey served as a traditional part of a Thanksgiving dinner. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > turkey turkey1573 Thanksgiving turkey1829 1829 Virginia Herald (Fredericksburg, Va.) 25 Apr. 4/1 (heading) A Thanksgiving Turkey. 1960 American Home Nov. 50 Who should know better how to roast a Thanksgiving turkey or bake a mince pie than the women of early America. 1981 Washington Post 26 Nov. b1/1 Such a small Thanksgiving turkey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533 |
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