单词 | brother slaughter |
释义 | > as lemmasbrother slaughter brother slaughter n. [compare Old English brōþorsliht (compare sleight n.2)] ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [noun] > of relative > of brother brother slaughterc1480 fratricide1569 c1480 (a1400) St. Paul l. 457 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 42 Þai..throw browthir slawchtir can þe file. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 11 Did brotherslaughter seme to the Patriarches a lawfull thyng? 1999 W. E. McDonald Thomas Mann's Joseph & his Brothers ii. 68 Eliphaz..may..break the pattern of brother slaughter that would make Esau forever Cain. < as lemmas |
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