单词 | heavenly minded |
释义 | heavenly mindedadj. Habitually concerned with religious matters; devoted to a religious lifestyle; holy, devout. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adjective] GodfrightOE goodOE ghostlyOE Godfrightya1225 seelya1225 devout?c1225 piteousc1300 spiritualc1384 graciousa1387 godlyc1390 pitifulc1449 inwardc1450 piousc1450 evangelica1475 servantly1503 obedientiala1513 Christian1526 well-believing1529 God-fearing1548 resigneda1555 heavenly minded1569 timorate1570 Godfull1593 pious1595 fearful1597 devoutful1598 devotea1625 serious1684 unctuous1742 theopathetic1749 fire-spirited1845 theopathic1846 unctional1849 interior1854 devotionate1864 sacramental1874 pi1891 1569 ‘L. Avale’ Commem. Edmonde Boner i. sig. A.viijv This father was heauenly mynded, and neuer carnall. 1580 A. Fleming tr. F. Nausea Bright Burning Beacon vi. sig. E.1v We are taught..to be heauenly minded. 1651 Bp. J. Hall Soules Farewell to Earth in Susurrium cum Deo 356 They are of the heavenly-minded with far greater ardency of spirit affected. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Norf. 259 This heavenly minded man Arch-bishop Whitgift. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxxi. 210 You are a heavenly-minded man. 1798 J. S. Murray Virtue Triumphant iii. 46 There never was a more heavenly minded young lady. 1857 H. H. Rowan Impending Crisis of South (1860) vii. 279 If the heavenly-minded authors and compilers of the New Testament..are wrong, then we are wrong. 1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 211 To be more holy, more Christ-like, more heavenly-minded. 1916 Biblical World 48 93/1 The average Christian of today is singularly unlike the ‘heavenly minded man’ of a few generations past. 1956 Times 10 Sept. 11/1 For this heavenly minded housemaid there was in due course the honoured tomb, the sainthood, [etc.]. 1992 S. Sontag Volcano Lover i. vi. 98 I never saw so heavenly-minded a creature. Derivatives ˌheavenly-ˈmindedness n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] devotion?c1225 life-holiness?c1225 love-awe?c1225 reverencec1300 Godfrightiheada1325 pity1340 devoutness1377 truthc1384 love-dreada1400 fearc1400 pietya1500 godliness1528 devoteness1606 heavenly-mindedness1612 obedientialness1651 piousness1659 devotionalness1673 unction1692 theopathy1749 devoteeism1828 pietism1829 bhakti1832 devotionality1850 devotionalism1859 pi1897 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 489 False hope..lifteth not vp the soule from the world to heauenly mindednesse and conuersation. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. ix. 330 Heavenly-mindedness, and contempt of the world. 1860 T. T. Carter Imit. our Lord (1861) 19 Chastening our being into disattachment and heavenly-mindedness. 1901 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 5 678 Those virtues that will guarantee to that movement a healthy development, heavenly-mindedness, brotherly love,..and love of family. 2002 R. Webber Younger Evangelicals iii. 130 It seems that in the modern world, our earthly good depends on our heavenly-mindedness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1569 |
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