| 单词 | to bless food |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bless food a. transitive. To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, the utterance of a formula or charm; in later times by a prayer committing it to God for his patronage, defence, and prospering care, as in to bless food, to ask God's blessing on it (cf. 5). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > perform consecration [verb (transitive)] hallow971 blessc1000 teemc1275 bensyc1315 sacrec1380 dediec1430 consecratea1464 dedify1482 sanctify1483 consacrea1492 speak1502 vow1526 dedicate1530 sequester1533 celebrate1584 devote1586 vow1600 to set apart1604 devout1615 devove1619 devow1626 inauguratea1639 behallow1648 sanctificatea1677 sanctize1691 mancipate1715 sacrate1755 sacrify1827 sacrament1829 sacralize1933 society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > perform blessing [verb (transitive)] blessc1000 saina1300 sacrec1380 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 26 Se Hælend nam hlaf and hyne bletsode and brǽc. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17193 Þatt waterr. þatt iss att te funnt. Blettcedd wiþþ godess wordess. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 229 Tyl he blessed and brak þe bred þat þei eten. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 If þe prest sacre Crist wan he blessiþ þe sacrament of God in þe auter. a1593 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 376 Before thou hast blessed it with prayer, thou hast no promise it shall prosper. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 79 What damned error but some sober brow will blesse it..with a text. View more context for this quotation 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. iv. 20 It was behoofefull for their cause, distinctly and severally to blisse those Elements. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxiv. 192 Where the Maister is too restie, or too rich to..bless his own Table. 1798 R. Southey Bp. Bruno in Wks. VI. 149 And now the bishop had blest the meat. < as lemmas |
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