请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 abassian
释义

Abassianadj.n.

Brit. /əˈbasɪən/, U.S. /əˈbæsiən/
Forms: 1600s Abissian, 1600s Abyssian, 1600s 1800s– Abassian, 1600s–1700s Habassian, 1700s Habissian, 1900s– Habessian.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Abassia , -an suffix.
Etymology: < Abassia, an early modern name of Ethiopia (see Abyssinian n.) + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix. Compare earlier Abyssin n., Abyssin adj., and later Abyssinian adj., Abyssinian n.Frequent in the 17th cent., especially in the writings of R. Baxter.
Now historical and rare.
A. adj.
1. = Abyssinian adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Ethiopia > [adjective]
Abassian1601
Abyssinian1697
Hubshee1698
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 2 A vernaculer penman, an Abyssian Locust..hath scattered them [sc. libels] abroad in our vulgar tongue.
1679 R. Baxter Which is True Church? 10 The Abassian Empire that till lately knew nothing of the Pope and his pretensions?
1872 R. F. Burton tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad x. xcv, in Zanzibar I. 6 See how he [sc. the Nile] bathes..Th'Abassian land, where man to Christ is true.
1955 E. S. Pankhurst Ethiopia xxii. 402 For the same Reason [sc. a typographical error], Acalexus, an Habessian young Man, enquired for the City of Erfart in Germany.
2. = Abyssinian adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [adjective]
Greek1564
eastern1572
Greciana1600
Greekish1606
Abassian1679
Anatolian1679
Eastern Orthodox1701
orthodox1716
Anatolic1839
1679 R. Baxter Nonconformists Plea for Peace 57 We see that the Abassian, Armenian, Greek, and most Popish Countries are lamentably ignorant.
1726 R. Millar Hist. Propogation Christianity (ed. 2) II. vii. 282 An Account of the Habassian Religion and Rites.
1964 R. Pinney Animals in Bible vi. 35 Versions in various languages and scripts were devised for the Coptic Church of Egypt, the Abassian Church of Ethiopia, and numerous sects in Central Asia.
B. n.
1. = Abyssinian n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Ethiopia > [noun]
Abassian1613
Hubsheea1627
Abyssinian1703
Hindi1735
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 572 Adea payeth tribute to the Abassian. In this Kingdome is Magadazzo [sc. Mogadishu], being it selfe a pettie Kingdome of the Moores.
1621 T. Mun Disc. Trade 16 The great quantitie of gold & some siluer..yearely brought thither from the Abissians countrie in Ethiopia.
1679 R. Baxter Which is True Church? 155 The Abassians..received the Gospel from the Eunuch and St. Matthew, being before too much addicted to some Jewish ceremonies.
1789 H. Mustafa in tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqherin III. 36 (note) In India Negroes, Habissinians, Nobis..are promiscuously called Habashies or Habissians, although the two latter are no Negroes.
2007 E. Edson World Map 1300–1492 154 The Abassians [Abyssinians] say that they have more territory above the source of the Nile than below.
2. = Abyssinian n. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [noun] > person > Ethiopian
Ethiopian1567
Abyssina1576
Abassian1659
Abyssinian1693
1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks i. xxxv. 253 So that even..the poor Abassians that know not whether the Pope be fish or flesh..must all be unchristened, unchurched and damned.
1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 324 Why are almost all the Greek Churches, the Armenians, the Russians, the Abassians, so lamentably ignorant?
1692 R. Baxter Protestant Relig. 28 None but the shameless will deny that the Abassians, Armenians, Greeks, and others, plead that this is their [ecclesiastical] Tradition.
1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived iv. 101 The Habassians Baptize themselves every Year on the Day of the Epiphany in their Lakes and Ponds, which they practise as a Memorial of Christ's Baptism on that Day in Jordan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.n.1601
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 23:39:07