| 单词 | cainite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈCainite ˈCainite n. (a) one of a sect of heretics in the second century who professed reverence for Cain and other wicked Scriptural characters; (b) a descendant of Cain; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > [noun] > descendants of individuals Cainite1645 Japhetan1764 Sassanid1776 Sassanian1855 society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Cainism > [noun] > person Cainite1645 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 49 Possessed with a spirit of..scoffing, terming..us..Kainites. 1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια vii. 178 The Caini..worshipped Cain as the Author of much goodnesse to Mankind. 1659 R. Gell Ess. Amendm. Transl. Bible 105 The Lord hath given superiority..unto the true Shem and all the Shemites..yea, unto Cain himself and the Cainites if they do well. 1764 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. (1844) I. 64/2 The more obscure and less considerable of the Gnostic sects..[as] the Cainites, who treated as saints..Cain, Cora, Dathan, the inhabitants of Sodom, and even the traitor Judas. 1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World xii. 255 Intermixture of Sethite and Cainite races. < as lemmas |
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