| 释义 |
urs|ʊəs|
Also ‘urs, Urs.
[a. Arab. ‘urs, lit. ‘marriage ceremony’.]
A ceremony celebrating the anniversary of the death of a Muslim saint. Also attrib.
1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca I. v. 252 There is no particular day..on which they congregate to perform the Urs, or pilgrimage. 1885T. P. Hughes Dict. Islam 655/2 ‘Urs.., the ceremonies observed at the anniversary of the death of any celebrated saint or murshid. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IX. 920/1 The Muslim masses also celebrate the death anniversaries of various saints in a ceremony called ‘urs (literally, ‘nuptial ceremony’). The saints, far from dying, are believed to reach the zenith of their spiritual life on this occasion. 1975Bangladesh Observer 18 July 8/1 Five hundred Muslims from Bangladesh and 150 from Pakistan were among about one lakh devouts who attended the urs. 1979Morning News (Karachi) 24 May 3/4 An exquisite silver embroidered velvet green ‘Chadar’..will be flown..from Lahore for laying at the Mazar of Hazrat Khwaja Moeenuddin Chishti during the Urs celebrations starting at Ajmer Sharif from May 28. |