| 单词 | christian commonweal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChristian commonweal Christian commonweal n. now chiefly historical and rare Christian people collectively; Christendom. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > [noun] > domain of ChristendomOE Christianitya1300 Christdomc1500 husbandry1526 Christiandom1548 Christian commonweal1559 1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. App. viii. 20 The Christian commonweale is decayed. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes To Rdr. The..state of the Christian commonweale..might..mooue euen a right stonie heart to ruth. 1798 T. L. O'Beirne Serm. 43 We have seen the conspiracy..subvert, throughout a great portion of the Christian commonweal, religion, morals, social order. 1874 Spectator 3 Jan. 20/2 One of the deepest problems which has ever perplexed humanity—namely, the compatibility of extreme luxury with the widest civilisation or Christian common weal. 1974 Notre Dame Eng. Jrnl. 9 57 The Victorian essayist agrees with this youthful self that war does serve the Christian commonweal. < as lemmas |
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