| 单词 | truce of god |
| 释义 | > as lemmastruce of God f. truce of God, a suspension of hostilities between armies, or of private feuds, ordered by the Church during certain days and seasons in medieval times. Hence allusively. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > cessation of hostilities > suspension of hostilities > type of truce of God1728 burial-truce1850 market-peace1872 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > truce during truce of God1728 a867 in G. Mansi Concilia XV. 448 Pax vero illa quam treguam Dei dicimus, fideliter observetur.] 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Treve de Dieu A Phrase famous in the Histories of the XIth Century; when the Disorders and Licences of private Wars..oblig'd the Bishops of France to forbid such Violences within certain Times, under Canonical Pains. Those Intervals they call'd Treve de Dieu, q.d. Truce of God. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 278 The Church of Rome..had decided, that during the holy season of Easter..the sword of war should be sheathed, and angry monarchs should respect the season termed the Truce of God. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows i. 20 It was Sunday, and I gave him the benefit of its gracious truce of God. < as lemmas |
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