| 单词 | earthen cottage | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasearthen cottage  a.  Any temporary dwelling place or abode, esp. the human body regarded as a vessel for the soul or spirit; also in  clay cottage,  earthen cottage, etc. Cf. house n.1 and int. Phrases 3d, tabernacle n. 3c. Obsolete.Perhaps originally with allusion to the ‘houses of clay’ in Job 4:19. ΚΠ 1561    T. Norton tr.  J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig.  i. 52  				There is no greater absurditie, than for them to glory in their excellencye that do not onely dwell in a cotage of clay [L. tugurium luteum], but also are themselues in parte but earth and ashes. ?1587    R. Southwell Epist. Comfort ix. f. 122v  				[Christ] is contented..to abase his maiesty to enter into our soule, dwelling in this cottage of clay, & vnpleasant dungeon. 1650    A. Weldon Court & Char. King James 		(1651)	 123  				Surely never so brave parts, and so base and abject a spirit tenanted together in any one earthen cottage. a1656    Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree 		(1660)	  ii. 205  				We..may be turned out of these clay cottages at an hours warning. 1692    R. Bentley Confut. Atheism from Origin of World: Pt. I 27  				This narrow Cottage of a World. < as lemmas  | 
	
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