单词 | by scripture |
释义 | > as lemmasby scripture b. As a mass noun: written composition, writings; (also) the activity or occupation of writing. by scripture: in writing; by means of writing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] writing1340 scripturea1382 scripturea1382 scrowsa1513 stuff1542 the republic of letters1677 belles-lettres1710 literature1711 the Muses1838 lit.1850 letters1916 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Chron. xxxvi. 22 Cirus king of persis..comaundide to ben preched to al his rewme also bi scripture [L. scripturam] seiynge, þese thingis seiþ cirus king of persis. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 2626 Thei that writen the scripture Of Grek, Arabe and of Caldee. ?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 632 But fforto tellen alle the circumstaunces..Conveyed by scripture with ffull grete excellence, Alle to declare I have noone eloquence. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 109 (MED) Where now she restyth..I dede lerne..Bothe be scripture and eek be mowthe. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.iiij There haue bene many famous and renoumed by scripture and lerning. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine i. ii. 34 I will dite an aliquant loue-pistle to her, and then she hearing the grand verbositie of my scripture, will loue me presently. < as lemmas |
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