| 单词 | great lent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreat Lent Great Lent n. the most important fasting period of the religious year, esp. in Orthodox Churches; = Lent n.1 2a. 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 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxv. f. 105v They haue foure great Fastes, or Lentes euery yeere. The first, (which they call their great Lent) is at the same time with ours. 1679 P. Rycaut Present State Greek Church 264 The labouring and common people are enjoined to a Confession but once a year, and that before their entrance into the great Lent, which is before Easter. 1700 tr. M. Dalairac Polish Manuscripts 194 The Turks have two Lents in the Year call'd Ramasan, each lasting a Month... The Great Lent..is indispensibly necessary to be observed among them. 1732 R. Challoner Unerring Authority of Catholick Church ii. 24 They keep the great Lent at the same Time with the Greeks. 1898 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 361/1 When the Great Lent came, and it would not have been proper to eat meat, cream, or butter, he seized the opportunity to invent all sorts of delicacies in the way of fish. 2002 C. C. Jones Year Russ. Feasts (2003) 166 As with the Great Lent, or Easter Lent, people are not permitted to eat meat or fish and all dairy products are prohibited. < as lemmas |
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