| 单词 | city of refuge |
| 释义 | > as lemmascity of refuge (also †refute) city of refuge (also †refute) n. [after post-classical Latin confugii civitas (Vulgate), itself ultimately after Hebrew ʿīr miqlaṭ (also ʿīr ha-miqlaṭ; < ʿīr town, city + miqlaṭ refuge, asylum)] any of the six towns in ancient Israel and Judah in which (according to Mosaic law) perpetrators of manslaughter could claim the right of asylum. Also figurative and in extended use: any place, thing, or person offering refuge or safety. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > inviolable refuge, sanctuary, or asylum > an asylum or sanctuary frithsoken1014 gritha1300 sanctuaryc1374 city of refuge (alsorefute)a1425 grith-placea1425 grith-stonea1425 grith-towna1425 asylumc1430 abbey1675 flemensfirth1805 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > other types of city kine-burghc1225 City of Goda1382 city of refuge (alsorefute)a1425 mother city?a1425 imperial city1550 city dwelling1613 second city1621 out-city1642 garden town1835 hoard-burg1895 garden city1898 cathedral city1902 parasitopolis1927 twin city1973 arcology1985 sustainable city1986 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Josh. xxi. 13 Ebron, a citee of refuyt [E.V. fliȝt; L. confugii civitatem]. 1607 A. Dent Path-way to Heauen (new ed.) 387 Christ..is our city of refuge. 1611 Bible (King James) Josh. xx. 2 Appoint out for you cities of refuge . View more context for this quotation 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 286 Leave the man-slayer no city of refuge. 1872 Catholic World Sept. 724 It [sc. Geneva] has become..the city of refuge of all exiles, royalist, Mazzinist and social. 1890 Unitarian Dec. 561/2 I do not intend to imply that the Unitarian pulpit should be a city of refuge for malcontents and theological anarchists. 1991 A. Unterman Dict. Jewish Lore & Legend 54/2 Refugees lived a normal life in a city of refuge, but they had to stay there till the death of the High Priest. 2006 H. A. Porter in H. Bloom R. Wright's Black Boy 80 Wright had envisioned Chicago as a city of refuge. < as lemmas |
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