单词 | deprecation |
释义 | deprecationn. The action of deprecating. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > intercessory deprecation1556 supplication1600 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. C4 The Deprecatioun Of the Maker, for all Catholyke Kyngis and Prencis. And thare Liegis. 2. a. Prayer for the averting or removal (of evil, disaster, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > for deliverance deprecationc1591 disprayer1606 c1591 J. Norden Progr. Pietie (1847) 12 Deprecation, or a Prayer to prevent evils. Whereby we desire God to remove sin from us. and whatsoever punishment we have in justice deserved. 1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 87 My Lord Keeper answered with a deprecation: God forbid that Norfolke should be divided in custome from all England. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 342 His Deprecation of two things, viz. Present evils, and Future feares. 1673 True Notion Worship of God 8 A Confession of sin, Deprecation of Gods displeasure, Imploring his Mercy. 1754–8 T. Newton Diss. Prophecies xiv. 221 If there shall be need of greater intercession and deprecation. 1856 J. H. Newman Callista xvi No reversal or respite had followed their most assiduous acts of deprecation. 1892 W. B. Scott Autobiogr. Notes I. xxiv. 343 The processional deprecations of the Devil Worshippers. ΚΠ 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Deprecation, supplication, or requiring of pardon. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 6) 619 They may then run on their impious courses without any repentance or deprecation. 3. Entreaty or earnest desire that something may be averted or removed; earnest expression of feeling against (a proposal, practice, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] > a protest gaincalla1300 reclaim1440 remonstrance?1566 counterblast1567 testimony1582 deprecation1626 protestation1638 regret1642 protest1644 representation1659 crusade1786 1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 201 Deprecations of euill to a malicious man are no better than aduices. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 208. ⁋7 The censures of criticism, which, however, I shall not endeavour to soften by a formal deprecation. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. 34 [He] turned his..glassy eye on the frank speaker with a look of deprecation. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood ii. 8 In a tone of gentle deprecation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] cursea1050 malisonc1300 woea1425 evil thee1509 thunderbolt1559 vae1559 thunder-crack1577 ban1590 wish1597 anathema1603 imprecation1603 execration1605 thunder-clap1610 deprecationa1661 effulminationa1670 Maranatha1769 winze1786 cuss1829 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 sailor's farewell1937 a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 48 Her sister denied, and with this deprecation, wished if she had any bread, that it might be turned into a stone. a1804 W. Gilpin Serm. Country Congregation (1811) III. xi. 122 We may..apply to him the scriptural deprecation, ‘He that withholdeth his corn, the people shall curse him.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1556 |
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