单词 | faith-breach |
释义 | > as lemmasfaith-breach faith-breach n. [compare post-classical Latin fidefragium (15th cent. in a British source); compare earlier faith-breaking n. and adj. at Compounds 2a and breach of faith at breach n. 3a] ΚΠ 1600 J. Golburne tr. C. de Valera Two Treat. i. 117 This faith-breach [Sp. este romper de fé], was cause of great bloodshed in the great warres which afterwards happened in Bohemia. 1726 A. Gavin Master-key to Popery (ed. 2) 108 The Romans say, no Faith is to be kept with Hereticks; and this Faith-Breach was the Occasion of great Blood-shed in the Wars. ?1819 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1992) III. 104 The encroachment & faith-breach of the Spanish Crown. 2002 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 16 June (Agenda section) 7 He is tormented by history, his faith-breach, his mother's death. < as lemmas |
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