| 释义 |
zealousness Now rare.|ˈzɛləsnɪs|
[f. zealous + -ness.]
The quality of being zealous; zeal.
c1555in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xliii. 122 Mark..Christ's Words, which he spake with Zealousnes and Power. 1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love A iv, The old Fathers grew out of a zealousnes of the mynde towardes God..to institute certaine Ceremonies. c1662Boyle Motives Love of God (1708) 169 The Zealousness of our Endeavours. 1803Ann. Reg., Chron. 608/1, I will not betray his confidence nor that zealousness in his cause which he has a right to expect. 1903McLean Stud. Apost. xiii. 194 It is difficult to draw the line between zealousness and zealotry. |