单词 | christiad |
释义 | Christiadn. Now rare. An epic poem or other work about Christ; a narrative of Christ's life.Frequently with reference to Marco Girolamo Vida's Christiados Libri Sex (1535). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > other types of epic poem Argonautic1583 Heracleid1725 Christiad1750 Diaboliad1777 Byroniad1819 chanson de geste1833 roman de geste1836 bylina1886 1750 S. Pullein Life Vida in tr. M. G. Vida Silkworm p. iii He [sc. Pope Leo X] encouraged and prevailed upon him to attempt the poem which is called the Christiad. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 193 Amidst many prosaic flatnesses, there are many fine strokes in the Christiad: particularly his angels..are drawn with that dignity which we so much admire in Milton. 1831 W. H. Mill Christa Sangítá (1842) Pref. 36 The first book of the Indian Christiad. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 54 The New Testament was less a Christiad than a Pauliad to his intelligence. 1979 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 21 526 Like their patristic and mediaeval ancestors the new Christiads also endeavor to incorporate the entire range of biblical history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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