单词 | corsaint |
释义 | † corsaintn. Obsolete. The body of a saint; a sainted person, (departed) saint (considered as locally present where his or her body rests). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > portable shrines or relics > relic > [noun] relic?c1225 corsaint1303 reliefc1449 relict1535 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8740 And hys ymage ful feyre depeynte Ryȝt as he were a cors seynt. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 23 Knowest þou ouht a Corseynt Men calleþ Seynt Treuþe? 1394 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 186 [At the] hegh auter in the wirschip of the haly corsand. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1164 He sekez seyntez bot seldene..That thus clekys this corsaunt owt of þir heghe clyffez. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2 Saynt cuthbert lyfe who lyste to lere, And forto knawe þat coresaynte clere. c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 873 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 398 Þat cristine men suld nocht mak cors-sancte of hyme, na honoure do. 1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 359v/2 He trowed hire compleint Should after cause her be corseint. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1303 |
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