单词 | to take the vows |
释义 | > as lemmasto take the vows 2. Christian Church. A solemn engagement to devote oneself to a religious life of a definite nature, such as that of a monastic or conventual order. Frequently in plural; to take the vows, to enter a religious order. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > [noun] > monastic vowc1475 stability1516 the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > vow or oath > religious avow1330 vowc1475 stability1516 society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [verb (intransitive)] > make profession profess?1510 to take the vows1845 monachize1876 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 101 Þerfor iuge religiouse men in þer consciens, if þei ground hem þus in her vowis. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lix Men must be warned that they suffre not them selues to be bounden to Monkish vowes. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 71 Thow fals heretick hast taught plainlie aganes the wowis of monkes freiris nunes and preistis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 170 By the vow of mine Order, I warrant you, If my instructions may be your guide. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 376 Monks, and Friers, that are bound by Vow to that simple obedience to their Superiour, to which every Subject ought to think himself bound. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. xliv. 339 A late proclamation of the king that disallowed of the marriage of priests, and concerning the vows of religious persons, gave them disgust. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xvii. 171 Those who have chosen the better Part, and consecrated themselves by Vow to God. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. iii. 224 There Bruce's slow assent allows Fair Isabel the veil and vows. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 463 On his friends earnestly pressing him to take the vows, he ran away. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. v. 83 [One] who is very dangerous to all ladies not under vows. < as lemmas |
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