| 单词 | exaltation of the cross |
| 释义 | > as lemmasExaltation of the Cross b. Exaltation of the Cross: a feast observed on September 14th (see quot. 1884). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Exaltation of Cross (14 September) > [noun] Holy Rood daya1225 Exaltation of the Cross1389 holy rooda1425 Rood Day1496 Roodmas1526 Roodsmas1622 Holy Cross day1662 rood1814 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 54 Ye exaltacion of ye holy crouche. 1520 Chron. Eng. v. f. 60v/1 Than was the feest of the exaltacyon of the crosse made. 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 770 Thursday after the Exaltation of the Cross in September. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. at Cross The ‘Exaltation of the Cross’ was celebrated from ancient times in memory of the miraculous apparition which Constantine saw in the year 317..The day was afterwards kept with greater solemnity, when after the victory over the Persians in 627, Heraclius recovered the true cross. < as lemmas |
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