| 单词 | dead-letterism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead-ˈletterism dead-ˈletterism n. devotion to the ‘dead letter’ to the neglect of the ‘spirit’ (see 1a).Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > [noun] > to the dead letter dead-letterism1879 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 186 Pietism..is also a necessary revulsion from the dead-letterism into which German Protestantism had lapsed. < as lemmas |
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