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单词 discumbing
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discumbingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discumb v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < discumb v. + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
The action or practice of reclining, esp. when dining.Chiefly used in discussions of the dining practices of the ancient Jews, esp. with reference to how the apostles were seated at the Last Supper.
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1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi i. vii. 41 The Iewes borrowed the fashion of Discumbing from the Romanes.
1683 J. Evans Case of Kneeling: Pt. I 21 At the beginning of the Paschal Feast the Jews did put themselves into this Discumbing or Leaning posture..while they Eat and Drank the two first Cups of Wine.
1700 T. Bennet Answer Dissenters Pleas 170 Some convenient posture, such as Kneeling, Sitting, Discumbing, Standing.
1730 C. Lamotte Ess. Poetry & Painting 84 Christ and his Disciples did then use a lying or discumbing Posture.
1791 Lett. to Friend containing Vindic. Church of Eng. I. ix. 175 The Jews in their solemn feasts used discumbing.
1820 T. Pruen Illustr. Liturgy II. ii. 35 It is unquestionable it was changed into a discumbing posture (that is, a posture wherein they took their ordinary meals) long before the days of our Saviour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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