Agonycliten.

Brit.

/əˈɡɒnᵻklʌɪt/, U.S.

/əˈɡɑnəˌklaɪt/

Inflections: Plural Agonyclites, Agonyclitae.

Forms: 1600s Agonoclytae (plural), 1600s 1800s– Agonyclitae (plural), 1700s Agonyclitee (perhaps transmission error), 1700s– Agonyclite.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Agonyclita.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Agonyclita (1577 or earlier) < Byzantine Greek Ἀγονυκλίτης (8th cent.) < ancient Greek ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + γόνυ knee (see polygonate adj.¹) + -κλιτος < the stem of κλίνειν to bend (see clino- comb. form) + -τος, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare French Agonyclite (1621 or earlier).In plural Agonyclitae after the Latin plural form.

Church History.

A heretical group listed by St John of Damascus ( On Heresies, 8th cent.) but otherwise unknown, supposed to pray standing rather than kneeling. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > agonyclite > [noun]

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1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια viii. 215 The Agonyclitæ held that it was superstition in prayer to bowe the knees, or prostrate the body: therefore they used to pray standing.

1703 Universal Dict. Agonyclites, hereticks of the 8th Age, who Pray'd standing.

a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) 361 To God he will not bow his knee Like an old Agonyclitee [perh. for Agonyclitae Latin pl.]

1795 W. Hodgson Commonw. Reason 31 No one can..prove that the tenets of the particular sect to which he belongs, is more acceptable to the Supreme Being, than those of another sect, whether he be Baptist, Jew, Gentile,..Agonyclite, Bonasian [etc.].

1820 London Mag. Mar. 292/1 The Agonyclites, who only pray standing, and will not kneel.

1885 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. Suppl. I. 67/1 Agonyclites..Their peculiar tenet was that people ought not to pray kneeling, but standing or dancing.

1920 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics XI. 320/1 The Agonyclitae of the 7th and 8th centuries, who would not kneel at prayer, but preferred to stand, and often to dance, were forerunners of the dervishes.

2004 G. D. Schmidt Passionate Usefulness xxxii. 294 He [sc. Thomas Williams] added some rather obscure groups..: the Macarians, followers of the fourth-century Egyptian monk Macarius, and the Agonyclites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agonyclite
释义	Agonycliten. Brit. /əˈɡɒnᵻklʌɪt/, U.S. /əˈɡɑnəˌklaɪt/ Inflections: Plural Agonyclites, Agonyclitae. Forms: 1600s Agonoclytae (plural), 1600s 1800s– Agonyclitae (plural), 1700s Agonyclitee (perhaps transmission error), 1700s– Agonyclite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Agonyclita. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Agonyclita (1577 or earlier) < Byzantine Greek Ἀγονυκλίτης (8th cent.) < ancient Greek ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + γόνυ knee (see polygonate adj.¹) + -κλιτος < the stem of κλίνειν to bend (see clino- comb. form) + -τος, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare French Agonyclite (1621 or earlier).In plural Agonyclitae after the Latin plural form. Church History. A heretical group listed by St John of Damascus ( On Heresies, 8th cent.) but otherwise unknown, supposed to pray standing rather than kneeling. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > agonyclite > [noun] Agonyclite1653 1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια viii. 215 The Agonyclitæ held that it was superstition in prayer to bowe the knees, or prostrate the body: therefore they used to pray standing. 1703 Universal Dict. Agonyclites, hereticks of the 8th Age, who Pray'd standing. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) 361 To God he will not bow his knee Like an old Agonyclitee [perh. for Agonyclitae Latin pl.] 1795 W. Hodgson Commonw. Reason 31 No one can..prove that the tenets of the particular sect to which he belongs, is more acceptable to the Supreme Being, than those of another sect, whether he be Baptist, Jew, Gentile,..Agonyclite, Bonasian [etc.]. 1820 London Mag. Mar. 292/1 The Agonyclites, who only pray standing, and will not kneel. 1885 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. Suppl. I. 67/1 Agonyclites..Their peculiar tenet was that people ought not to pray kneeling, but standing or dancing. 1920 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics XI. 320/1 The Agonyclitae of the 7th and 8th centuries, who would not kneel at prayer, but preferred to stand, and often to dance, were forerunners of the dervishes. 2004 G. D. Schmidt Passionate Usefulness xxxii. 294 He [sc. Thomas Williams] added some rather obscure groups..: the Macarians, followers of the fourth-century Egyptian monk Macarius, and the Agonyclites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1653
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