单词 | adoratory |
释义 | adoratoryn. Chiefly historical. A place of worship; spec. (in a non-Christian context) one used by the indigenous peoples of Central and South America. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > heathen (general) idol-temple1577 pagoda1582 pagody1588 swamy-house1778 adoratory1800 1800 M. Keatinge tr. B. Díaz del Castillo True Hist. Conquest Mexico 16 On the shore they found some adoratories [Sp. adoratorios] or temples, built of lime and stone, and containing idols made of clay and wood. 1834 R. M. Bird Calavar I. ix. 118 In this chamber, the chief adoratory of the temple, where now flashed the weapons of the iconoclasts, stood once the altar of an idol. 1882 Wide Awake Dec. 288/2 The room... seemed to our well-read John to have once served as an adoratory, or place of worship, for some past people. 1910 A. F. Bandelier Islands of Titicaca & Koati v. 279 The principal minister in one of the adoratories dressed himself like the sun. 1957 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 13 242 The pyramids dominating the town were the seats of worship of the gods, as were the small adoratories. 2005 L. Fossa in M. Moraña Ideol. Hispanism i. 8 One of the first steps taken by clerics and laymen alike was to destroy the natives' temples and adoratories. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). adoratoryadj. Now rare. = adorative adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adjective] > lovingly adoring1597 adorative1637 adoratory1660 adorant1817 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos ii. 134 What is all this Adoratory ado, thou makest, about? 1775 R. Shepherd Miscellanies I. 59 With patriarch, priest, and prophet mingling there In converse, or adoratory song. 1838 J. W. Semple tr. I. Kant Relig. within Boundary Pure Reason iv. 271 Adoratory invocations of God under the name of a man, figured as an impersonation of His Infinite Benignity. 1890 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 403 Many are of an adoratory character, such as: ‘A Hymn unto Him whom the mind cannot understand’. 1947 E. Heimann Freedom & Order x. 271 The heaping of overtly adoratory phrases on Stalin..by orators, writers, and poets is either ridiculous or embarrassing to the non-believer but obviously pleases the faithful. 1985 Jrnl. Mod. Afr. Stud. 23 218 Unlike Bokassa and Amin, who despite everything retained an adoratory fixation for the metropole, Nguema harboured deep resentments against Spain. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1800adj.1660 |
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