| 单词 | virgin's garland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvirgin's garland virgin's garland n. a garland of flowers and coloured paper formerly carried at the funeral of a maiden. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > flowers > garland virgin's garland1825 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Virgin's garland, many country churches in the North are adorned with these garlands; in token, says Bourne, of esteem and love, and as an emblem of reward in the heavenly Church. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Virgin's Garlands. Many of the Churches in the Deanery of Craven are adorned with these garlands. [Description follows.] 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Virgins-garlands still exist; as..at Minsterley, where there are several, the most recent of them being of the date 1764. < as lemmas |
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