| 单词 | to receive one's maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto receive (also take) one's Maker (a) to receive (also take) one's Maker: to receive the consecrated host in the Eucharist. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > receive communion [phrase] houselOE to receive, take the sacrament?c1225 to receive one's Savioura1425 to take (also deliver, receive) (the) communion1440 to receive (also take) one's Maker1539 1539 T. Pery Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 145 That hys Grace..recewythe hys maker yerlye acording to the lawdebwll usse..of owr holly mother Chwrche. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Uiiijv It was aboute Easter, at what tyme maidens gadded abrode, after thei had taken their maker, as thei cal it. 1564 T. Becon Compar. Lordes Supper & Popish Masse f. cxiii, in Wks. iii To celebrate the Lordes Supper, or as the Papistes terme it, to take their Hushel, or to receaue their maker. 1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 100 Then he received his Maker [1485 Caxton ed. x. lxii, his creatoure]: and, when he was dead [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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