| 单词 | foot washing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot washing foot washing n. the action or an act of washing a person's feet, esp. (in some denominations of the Christian church) as a religious rite or practice; (also) Scottish a ceremony performed on the eve of a wedding in which the feet of the bride or bridegroom are washed, usually by friends; cf. feet washing n. at Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > [noun] > of feet feet washinga1225 Maundya1325 foot washing1780 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > washing the feet feet washinga1225 pediluvium1693 pedilavium1702 pedilave1710 foot washing1780 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > other types of wedding confarreation1598 farreation1656 coemption1676 Scotch marriage1762 foot washing1780 civil union1837 white wedding1840 hand-fastening1899 Anand Karaj1938 destination wedding1990 1780 B. La Trobe tr. D. Cranz Anc. & Mod. Hist. Brethren ii. 125 The Pedilavium, or foot-washing, was indeed held, since the year 1729, by some few persons who thought themselves under an obligation to follow the command of Christ. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. vi. v. 282 Patriot clasps dusty Patriot to his bosom; there is footwashing and refection. 1879 W. Gunnyon Illustr. Sc. Hist. Life & Superstition v. 207 Another practice, now entirely in disuse, at least in urban districts, was what was called ‘foot-washing’—the ceremony of washing the feet of the parties affianced in the house of the bride. 1914 J. A. Wyeth With Sabre & Scalpel vi. 33 A piggin of water and a towel served the parson or assistants who performed the foot-washing rite. 2003 Time Out N.Y. 15 May 123/3 Laying on of hands and healings, foot washings, exorcisms—I was privy to a lot. < as lemmas |
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