单词 | great fast |
释义 | > as lemmasGreat Fast Great Fast n. the most important period of fasting and abstinence in a religious calendar, as Lent in Christianity, Yom Kippur in Judaism, or Ramadan in Islam. [In use in a Russian Orthodox context after Old Russian Velikyj Post′′ (Russian Velikij Post ); compare Hellenistic Greek ἡ μεγάλη νηστεία , and Byzantine Greek ἡ μεγάλη τεσσαρακοστή , lit. ‘the great fortieth’, with reference to the duration of Lent (compare Quadragesima n.). Compare Great Lent n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Lent > [noun] LentenOE Lent tidelOE Lentc1300 Lent timec1400 Quadragesime1483 Lent season?1490 Quadragesimac1560 Great Lent1591 Great Fasta1670 shrift-time1853 1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 97 Fitly is this call'd the Great Canon, as..appointed for the Great Fast of Lent.] a1670 S. Collins Present State Russia (1671) xxv. 122 In the great Fast he eats but three meals a week. 1772 J. G. King Rites Greek Church in Russia 133 The liturgy of St. Basil is used..upon all the sundays of the great fast, except palm sunday. 1808 T. F. Middleton Doctr. Greek Article 443 The Day of Expiation, the Great Fast on the 10th of the month Tisri. 1824 H. Kilham Jrnl. 30 June in S. Biller Mem. Late H. Kilham (1837) ix. 252 A large assembly of Mandingoes, who collected..to a festival meeting, according to their Mahomedan profession, now that the great fast is ended. 1868 H. C. Romanoff Sketches Greco-Russ. Church 120 The Great Fast approaches, preceded by three preparatory weeks. 1896 I. Abrahams Jewish Life Middle Ages i. 7 On the day preceding the Great Fast a symbolical scourging was, and even is, usual in the synagogue itself. 1920 W. Sanday et al. New Lessons Explained ii. 56 The day of the Death of Christ—the culmination of the great Fast. 2004 in J. L. Esposito Islamic World I. 157 The great fast is also a special time to respond to the needs of the poor. < as lemmas |
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