单词 | unhallow |
释义 | unhallowv. transitive. To deprive of a holy or sacred character; to profane. (Common c1575–1660.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrilege > cause sacrilege [verb (transitive)] defoulc1384 profanea1425 depravea1529 defile1535 unhallow1535 profanate1554 execratea1572 profanizate1578 sacrilege1578 unconsecrate1598 exaugurate1600 defoil1601 dishallow1624 desecrate1675 disenhallow1846 profanizea1876 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lvi. A He that taketh hede, yt he vnhalowe not the Sabbath. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zeph. iii. 4 Hir prestes vn~halowe the Sanctuary. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (l. 8) Defylements that unhalowe the servis of God. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 1898 That I, for ever, may those paths refuse Which may unhallow, or pervert my Muse. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 36 Nothing more unhallows a man,..then a habit of wrath and perturbation. 1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables xiv. 462 Pride, and vain-glory, and self-esteem,..unhallow'd everything else that was good in him. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 470/1 A sense of the co-presence of circumstances which unhallow the blessing. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxix. 331 In a world where so much is ever seeking to unhallow our spirits, to render them common and profane. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1535 |
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