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单词 holy water
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holy watern.

Forms: see holy adj. and n. and water n.; also Middle English–1500s hally, holli(e.
Etymology: Old English háligwæter, a true compound, whence in Middle English halywater; subsequently analysed as two words.
a. Water dedicated to holy uses and used for ritual purification of persons and things; water blessed by a priest and used in various rites and devotional acts.
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society > faith > artefacts > consumables > water > [noun]
holy waterc900
witch-water1622
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) v. iv. 396 Sumne dæl þæs halig~wætres.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 240 Confiteor. haliwater. beoden. hali þochtes.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 452 Waschen awey wiþ preieris of a Pater-noster, wiþ hali watir, wiþ pardon.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. v. 17 He [sc. the preest] shal take the holy watre in a britil vessel.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 223/1 Halywater, aqua benedicta.
1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 47v Then followeth good sir Blase, who doth a waxen Candell giue, And holy water to his men.
1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 77 The Pope's holiwater.
a1714 Bp G. Burnet Hist. Reformation anno 1536 (R.) Jests about confession, praying to saints, holy-water, and the other ceremonies of the church.
1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) Before the High Mass on Sundays the celebrant sprinkles the people with holy water.
b. Prov. as the devil loves holy water, i.e. not at all, or rather with violent dislike.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > not to like or care for [phrase] > with violent dislike
as the devil loves holy water1596
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 334 The olde Prouerbe how well the Diuell loueth holy water.
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) v. 82 Faythe I loue thee. Yes as ye devyll does freire holye water.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 149 I love Mr. Neverout, as the Devil loves Holy Water.
c. figurative in court holy water n., gracious but empty promises.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and in other combinations.
holy water basin n.
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1848 Edinburgh Rev. Apr. 494 At Ossun,..so late as the year 1789, a Cagot having ventured to dip his hand into the larger holy-water basin, narrowly escaped becoming a victim to popular fury.
holy water bearer n.
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 223/1 Halywater berere, aquabajulus.
holy water brush n.
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a1678 A. Marvell Appleton House 252 Another bolder, stands at push, With their old holy-water brush.
holy water can n.
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1574 R. Robinson Rewarde Wickednesse sig. Q1v They fought with Sensars, and holy water Cans.
holy water casting n.
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1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1735/2 Holy water castyng, procession gaddyng, Mattens mumblyng.
holy water fat n. (see fat n.1).
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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > holy water vessel > [noun]
cruetc1290
fatc1330
holy water fat1464
aspersorium1861
1464 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 222 Simul cum le halywater fatt.
1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 37 An holiwater fat of Stone.
holy water font n. (also holy water fount)
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1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms Holy Water Font.
holy water pot n.
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1513 in J. L. Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bishop's Stortford (1882) 33 Pd for mendyng of the halywater potte iij d.
holy water stoup n.
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1419 Will of William Maydeston' (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/2B) f. 128 Item lego prioratui de ledes..simul cum vno vase argent' vocat' holiwaterstop' vno holiwaterstokke argent' vno paxbreed argent' cum vno pari crwettes argent'.
1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 12 §2 No Merchant Stranger..shall bring into this Realm..Candlesticks, Holy-water Stopps.
1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms Holy Water Stoup, the stone, stoup, stock, vat..or other receptacle for holy water, placed near the entrance of churches.
C2.
holy-water clerk n. Obsolete one who carried the vessel containing holy water: often spoken of with contempt as holding a mean office.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > acolyte > [noun] > bearing holy water
holy-water clerk1303
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 11592 An holywatyr clerk..þat lytyl haþ lerned yn hys lyue, He ys ordeyned a prest to shryve.
1528 Cowley in State Papers II. 141 A symple Irish preste, a vagabounde, without lernyng, maners, or good qualitye, not worthy to bee a hally-water clerc.
1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 10/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) The Parish-Priest forgetteth that ever he hath been Holy-water Clark.
holy-water sprinkle n. (a) a kind of brush used to sprinkle holy water, an aspergillum; (b) a kind of club armed on all sides with spikes; (c) a fox's ‘brush’.
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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > aspergillum > [noun]
strinklec1175
sprinklea1382
springelc1390
sprentc1400
holy-water stick1413
stick1413
holy-water sprinklec1440
holy-water strinklec1440
dashel1502
sprink1566
asperges1570
sprinkler1577
aspergilluma1657
aspergoire1772
hyssop1838
mop1838
asperge1848
aspersoir1851
aspergill1864
aspersory1881
asperser1882
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > miscellaneous parts of > tail and parts of
bush1575
brush1675
chape1677
holy-water sprinkle1706
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 223/1 Haly water spryngelle..aspersorium.
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket i. 17 The Priest must dash the graue with a holy-water-sprinkle.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Holy-Water sprinkle, a Term us'd by Hunters for the Tail of a Fox.
a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 296 The spiked balls of a holywater sprinkle, such as once used in the wars.
holy water sprinkler n. = holy-water sprinkle n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club
masuelc1312
macec1325
maulc1325
mell1333
brogged staff1429
balk-staffc1460
malleta1500
quarterstaff?1560
sport staff1634
morgenstern1637
roundhead1643
morning star1684
patu patu1769
patuc1771
shell-stick1790
holy water sprinkler1816
mace-head1824
shark's teeth sword1845
taiaha1845
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 267 Another churchman in his vestments bore a holy-water sprinkler.
1846 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. 288 The Morning-star, a ball of wood, encircled by bands of iron, in which spikes are inserted..was sometimes jocularly (!) termed a ‘holy-water sprinkler’, the way in which it scattered blood..suggesting a similarity to the sprinkling of holy water.
holy-water stick n. Obsolete = holy-water sprinkle n. (a).
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1413 Will of William Maydeston (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/2) f. 353 Vno holiewaterstykke argent.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Holy water sticke or sprincle, aspergillus.
holy-water stock n. Obsolete a holy-water stoup or basin.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > holy water stoup > [noun]
water stone1379
stop1419
stockc1450
stoup1500
holy-water stock1530
font1542
holy-water stone1566
piscina1797
bénitier1853
benatura1873
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 228/2 Halywaterstocke, benoistier.
1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 34 One hallywater stock of stone broken in peces.
holy-water stone n. Obsolete a stone vessel for holding holy-water.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > holy water stoup > [noun]
water stone1379
stop1419
stockc1450
stoup1500
holy-water stock1530
font1542
holy-water stone1566
piscina1797
bénitier1853
benatura1873
1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 52 One hollie water stone—broken in peces and defacid.
holy-water strinkle n. Obsolete (a) = holy-water sprinkle n. (a); (b) the plant Horsetail.
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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies
padpipe?a1300
paddock-pipec1300
holy-water strinklec1440
shavegrassc1450
shavewortc1450
horsetail1538
shaving-grass1538
cat's tail1552
toad-pipe1578
pewterwort1597
horse-willow1611
prêle1661
shave-weed1691
water horsetail1710
horse-pipe1785
rush1804
shave-rush1821
equisetum1830
pipeweed1837
scouring rush1845
mud horsetail1855
jointweed1879
bottlebrush1883
society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > aspergillum > [noun]
strinklec1175
sprinklea1382
springelc1390
sprentc1400
holy-water stick1413
stick1413
holy-water sprinklec1440
holy-water strinklec1440
dashel1502
sprink1566
asperges1570
sprinkler1577
aspergilluma1657
aspergoire1772
hyssop1838
mop1838
asperge1848
aspersoir1851
aspergill1864
aspersory1881
asperser1882
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 223/1 Haly water..strencle..aspersorium.
1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Hippvris Hallywaterstryncle.

Derivatives

holy-watered adj. sprinkled with holy water (in quot. 1607 figurative).
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society > faith > worship > other practices > [adjective] > aspersion > having undergone
holy-watered1607
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. H3 Farewell once dryed, now holy-watred Meade.
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