单词 | friend of god |
释义 | > as lemmasfriend of God friend of God n. (also God's friend) [compare post-classical Latin amicus Dei (Vulgate), after Hellenistic Greek ϕίλος θεοῦ (New Testament), both in James 2:23] a person respected for piety, and presumed to enjoy God's special favour; also ironic.Frequently with reference to James 2:23; cf. quots. lOE, c1384. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] > person friend of GodOE sergeantc1290 servantc1300 Christian?1535 devoto1605 devotive1608 devout1616 devote1630 devoter1634 devotist1641 devotary1646 devotor1648 volunteer1649 devotionist1651 devotionary1660 devoteea1684 devotionalist1736 devotionair1742 devotioner1883 Stiggins1916 OE Ælfric Homily: Sermo ad Populum (Corpus Cambr. 188) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 421 Ælc man ðe Godes freond is sceolde swyðe æfstan æfre mid godum weorcum, þæt he Gode gecwemde. lOE St. James the Greater (Vesp.) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 21 Soðlice ure fæder Abraham wæs geteald to Godes freond [L. amicus autem dei Abraham pater noster appellatus est] ær þan þe he embsnyðen wære. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 77 Þus habbeð godes freond al þe frut of þis worlt. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) James ii. 23 Abraham..is clepid the frend of God [L. amicus Dei appellatus est]. 1575 tr. T. Lever Treat. Right Way from Danger of Sinne (new ed.) ii. sig. Aviiiv Abraham..was by imputation of righteousnesse taken and named to be the friende of God. 1699 G. Garden Apol. Antonia Bourignon iii. 199 The Friend of God acts always with Meekness and Indifferency. 1847 Church of Eng. Q. Rev. 22 501 These are the divine words spoken of one whose implicit obedience obtained for him the distinctive appellation of the ‘Friend of God’. 1964 A. M. Stibbs (title) God's friend: studies in the life of Abraham. 2010 Independent 21 June (Viewspaper section) 10/4 We produced a ‘road map’—run by a Quartet and led by our old Friend of God, Tony Blair. < as lemmas |
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