| 释义 |
Zion|ˈzaɪən|
Forms: 1– Sion, 5 Syon, 7– Zion.
[eccl. L. Siōn, Gr. σεών, σειών, a. Heb. tsīyōn.]
The name of one of the hills of Jerusalem, on which the city of David was built, and which became the centre of Jewish life and worship; in biblical and derived use, allusively for: The house or household of God; and hence connoting variously, the Israelites and their religious system, the Christian Church, heaven as the final home of believers, a place of worship or meeting-house (cf. bethel, Ebenezer 2).
c1000Ps. lxxxiv. 7 in ælfric Hom. II. 334 Ða halᵹan farað fram mihte to mihte; ealra goda God bið ᵹesewen on Sion. 1382Wyclif Isa. li. 16 That thou plaunte heuenus, and founde erthe, and sey to Sion, My puple thou art. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 2 As ye are doughtres of this bodely Syon, so ought ye to be doughtres of Syon gostly. Ibid. 147 By Syon..ys vnderstonde sowles that are gyuen to contemplacyon, where in oure lorde Iesu chryste ys sewrely stabled. a1542Wyatt Penit. Ps. iv. 77 Make Syon, Lord, acordyng to thy will, Inward Syon, the Syon of the ghost. 1611Bible Ep. Ded., Many, who wished not well vnto our Sion. 1779J. Newton Hymn, ‘Glorious things of thee are spoken’ v, Solid joys and lasting treasure None but Zion's children know. 1823Galt R. Gilhaize vii, That same city of St. Andrews is the Zion of Scotland. Of old, the glad tidings of salvation were first heard there. 1871R. B. Vaughan Life S. Thomas of Aquin II. 859 As if the Basilica of S. Peter's were brought into juxtaposition with the Zions and Ebenezers of our more modern days.
Hence ˈZioner, a member of an organized religious body; ˈZionless a. fig., having no centre of common worship.
1760Rutty Spir. Diary (ed. 2) 158 O the carelessness of our Sioners. 1908F. Spence Chr. Reunion ix. 170 The tribes must remain Zion-less without the Ecclesia. |