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单词 ever-blessed
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ever-blessedadj.n.

Brit. /ɛvəˈblɛst/, /ɛvəˈblɛsᵻd/, U.S. /ˌɛvərˈblɛst/, /ˌɛvərˈblɛsəd/
Forms: see ever adv. and blessed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ever adv., blessed adj.
Etymology: < ever adv. + blessed adj.
A. adj.
Always enjoying blessedness; blessed for ever. Also: (worthy to be) always blessed or adored.In many instances both senses seem to be implied.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective] > most
all-holyOE
ever-blessed1541
1541 R. Whitford Dyuers Holy Instrucyons & Teachynges f. 65v All our suffiencie is of god, who is euer blessed worlde wtout ende. Amen.
1585 Syr Bevis of Hampton sig. D.iv But euer blessed may Mahound be, that sent thee hether vnto me.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 76 The constant profession, and power of our most true, and ever-blessed Religion did create..such ioyfull springings, and spirituall ravishments in their hearts.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. Ded. sig. A 4 And how often wont your euer blessed Father, graciously to peruse Lines of mine.
1701 N. Ellison Of Confirmation 16 How much less would so Great a Man, as that Prince of ever Blessed Memory, King Charles the First, have esteemed it so highly, as to submit himself to it.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 375 The Pray'r flew first of Mary ever-bless'd, Her Love invigorating all the rest.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xiii. 178 The power of the ever-blessed Trinity.
1992 B. Anderson Portrait of Artist's Wife (2002) xi. 198 The ever-blessed Mrs Dossi promised to feed Werther.
2009 B. Milne Know the Truth (ed. 3) Pref. p. 11 My chief thanks..are directed to our ever-blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
B. n.
Frequently with the: a person who is ever-blessed. Chiefly (Christian Church) as an honorific title or form of address for God. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > title of
alwaldendOE
your Godliness1555
ever-blessed?1624
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 116 But O thou euer-blessed! Giue me still, Presence of minde, to put in Act, my will Varied, as fits, to all Occasion.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 6 in Wks. (1721) II. The thought..Which on their Spirits was impress'd, When they beheld the Ever-bless'd.
1744 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 59 And bless the Ever-bless'd.
1833 R. Watson Biblical & Theol. Dict. (rev. ed.) 177/2 Who is thus changed into the image of the ever blessed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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