单词 | true believer |
释义 | > as lemmastrue believer true believer n. a person who strictly, zealously, and unquestioningly maintains the beliefs and rituals of a particular religion; (in extended use) an ardent or unfailingly loyal supporter of a person, group, cause, etc. ΚΠ ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 5 (MED) Þe feiþ of trewe bileuars. ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew Prol. f. viij Ye se the difference betwene the lambes of true beleuers..and the..ypocritishe dogges, which..persecute the ryghtwisnes of the fayth in Christes bloude. 1650 Collonel Greys Portmanteau 21 The Kirk of Scotland.., whose Dictates no man dare examine or contradict, without incurring the suspition of Heresie.., and the danger of being cut off from the Communion of those true believers. 1764 T. Bowman Princ. Christianity, as taught in Script. iv. 38 The true Believer heartily and gratefully trusts to the Mercies of God in Jesus Christ. 1850 W. Irving Life of Mahomet App. 210 Every true believer is bound to make one pilgrimage to Mecca in the course of his life. 1893 Century Sept. 657/1 Acquaintance with Rossetti and the other leading spirits of this [Pre-Raphaelite] movement made of Stillman a true believer. 1904 R. Blatchford God & my Neighbour 4 The history of civilisation is the history of successions of brave ‘Heretics’ and ‘infidels’... The righteous men, the ‘true believers’ of the day, have..tortured, scourged, or murdered them. 1954 J. Waten Unbending 11 He was the kind of migrant most beloved of fellow migrants, the true believer, forever optimistic,..never questioning any favourable report about Australia. 1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 May vi. 17/5 Mrs. Thatcher purged the ‘wets’, or old-style, liberal Tories, from the Cabinet and replaced them with tax-cutting, capitalistic true-believers. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 8 Dec. 163/2 Fantastic Four is an insult to true believers and the general public alike. < as lemmas |
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