| 单词 | holy rood day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHoly Rood day Holy Rood day n. now chiefly historical = Rood Day n., b; cf. Holy Cross day n. at Holy cross n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Exaltation of Cross (14 September) > [noun] Holy Rood daya1225 Exaltation of the Cross1389 holy rooda1425 Rood Day1496 Roodmas1526 Roodsmas1622 Holy Cross day1662 rood1814 a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) xlviii. 99 Fram kalendas octobris, þæt is fram þære haliȝe rode dæiȝe oð lenten [OE Corpus Cambr. from kalendas octobris oð lenctenfæsten]. c1300 St. Mary of Egypt (Laud) l. 35 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 261 (MED) Þe swete rode heo souȝten Þat scholde op-on þe holie rode-day eche manne i-schewed beo. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 392 On Hooli roode Day in hervest. 1486 Bk. St. Albans E v Tyme of grece begynnyth at mydsomer day And tyll holi Roode day lastyth. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliiiv At any tyme, bytwene martylmas, and holyrode day. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. Illustr. 130 For the Inuention she is yet celebrated in Holy-rood day in May. 1641 Art. Agreement in Harl. Misc. (1811) VII. 216 That there shall be a league offensive and defensive, concluded and conformed by both parties, at or before Holyrood-day next. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. (1732) 402 Sept. 14. Being Holy Rood Day, the King's Huntsmen hunted their Free Buck in Richmond new Park. 1843 L. D. Chapin Veg. Kingdom i. 36 The passion flower is supposed to blossom about Holy Rood day. 1898 K. D. Wiggin Penelope's Progress i. iii. 28 King David riding towards Drumsheugh forest on Holy Rood-day, with his horns and hounds and huntsmen following close behind. 1911 Every Where Sept. 28/2 The principal ancient church festival of the month, Holy-rood Day—on the fourteenth—commemorated an event of human interest, albeit one of supernatural quality. 1977 16th Cent. Jrnl. 8 50 Swynnerton decided to preach on Holy Rood Day at Woburn. 2007 E. Griffin Blood Sport iv. 56 Hunting season for female deer ran from Holy Rood Day till Candlemas. < as lemmas |
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