单词 | to seek, visit a saint |
释义 | > as lemmasto seek, visit a saint a. Ecclesiastical. One of those persons who are formally recognized by the Church as having by their exceptional holiness of life attained an exalted station in heaven, and as being entitled in an eminent degree to the veneration of the faithful; a canonized person. In Pre-Reformation use, the term implies that the persons so designated may be lawfully addressed in prayer for their intercession with God, and that miracles have been wrought through their aid after death. Also, a monk or anchorite, esp. in (is)land of saints, Ireland. †to seek, visit a saint: to pay one's devotions at his shrine. (Cf. hallow n.1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > the dead in heaven sainta1300 society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] hallowa885 sainta1300 apostlea1400 anointed1528 saintya1529 Holy One1535 holy1548 Mar1622 society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun] monkeOE brotherOE claustermanc1175 man (woman, etc.) of religiona1200 cloister-monkc1325 friarc1330 son1416 religion manc1475 pater1481 abbey man1483 scapularc1540 monach?c1550 cloister-man1581 monastic1632 cowlist1637 religieux?a1649 religioso1708 saint1888 society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > [noun] anchorOE eremitec1200 recluse?c1225 hermitc1275 solitary1435 anchoritea1450 inclusec1460 anchorist1581 cremitt1624 mandrite1844 saint1888 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Ireland > [noun] Western Isle1557 shamrockshire1689 Teagueland1689 Wolfland1692 Green Island1797 Green Isle1812 the (old) sod1812 Paddyland1828 (is)land of saints1888 c1000 Ælfric in Sweet A.-S. Reader (1894) 85 God geswutelode þæt he halig sanct wæs swa þæt heofonlic leoht of þæt geteld astreht stod up to heofonum. c1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 979 He wæs on life eorðlic cing, he is nu æfter deaðe heofonlic sanct.] < as lemmas |
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