| 单词 | advent image |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAdvent image Advent image n. now historical either of a pair of dolls or figurines representing the infant Jesus and the Virgin Mary, and carried from door to door during Advent to collect money.The custom seems to have been particularly associated with the northern counties of England (esp. Yorkshire). ΚΠ 1859 Christmas Bk. 10 All those who sent away the ‘advent images’ without a gift, would have no good luck all through the year. 1986 Sumner (Iowa) Gaz. 25 Dec. 3 a/2 In rural England, it was considered to be unlucky for a house not to be visited by a woman or children carrying a box containing ‘advent images,’ dolls dressed up to represent the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. 2009 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Nov. 26 In England, especially in the northern counties, there was a now-extinct custom in which poor women carried around the ‘Advent images’—two dolls dressed to represent Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary. < as lemmas |
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