| 单词 | to creep to the cross |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto creep to the cross ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Week > [verb (intransitive)] > take part in ceremony to creep to the crossc1200 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 95 Crepe to cruche on lange fridai. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 428 Ariseth..And crepeth to þe crosse on knees. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 269 Not as thouȝ thei crepiden thanne and there to noon other thing saue to the ymage, but that thei aftir her ymaginacioun crepiden to the persoon of Crist. a1500 Ratis Raving ii. 129 Nocht our oft creip the corss one kneis. 15.. in A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) Introd. 92 The Usher to lay a Carpett for the Kinge to Creepe to the Crosse upon. 1554 J. Bale Declar. Bonner's Articles D iv b To creape to the Crosse on Good Friday featly. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiii. 103 We kisse the Pix, we creepe the Crosse, our Beades we ouer-runne. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 67 To come as humbly as they vsd to creep, to holy aultars. View more context for this quotation 1630 J. Taylor Bk. Martyrs ii, in Wks. 140 Because they would not creepe vnto the crosse, And change Gods sacred Word for humane drosse. < as lemmas |
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