单词 | holy year |
释义 | > as lemmasHoly Year Holy Year n. a year so designated by the Pope, now usually once every 25 years, during which special Indulgences are granted and ceremonies held. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > [noun] > Holy Year Holy Year1699 1699 J. Jackson Let. 25 Dec. in S. Pepys Lett. & 2nd Diary (1932) 291 Wee made our entry here on Tuesday last, about 23 a clock, and were soon after deafned with the jangling of all the bells of the town, which for severall days, morning and evening, had proclaimed the approach of the Holy Year. 1776 Pius VI (title) Instructions & Directions for Gaining the Grand Jubilee of the Holy Year, celebrated at Rome anno 1775, and extended to the universal Church anno 1776, by his Holiness Pius VI. 1858 N. Wiseman Recoll. Last Four Popes ii. iv. 270 The practice has been, that on Ascension Day of the preceding year, the Pope promulgates the Holy Year, or Jubilee. 1900 H. Thurston Holy Year of Jubilee ix. 358 During the Holy Year, and also during the time of the extension of the Jubilee to the rest of Christendom, the Holy Father grants extraordinary powers to confessors. 1957 J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation (rev. ed.) ix. 205 Mass celebrations, like those of the Holy Year or the rallies and parades of Nazism and Communism. < as lemmas |
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