| 单词 | holy cross day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHoly Cross day Holy Cross day n. the festival of the Exaltation of the Cross, September 14th. 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 1662 Bk. Com. Prayer, Cal. Holy Cross Day. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 232 And the four and twentieth, which is Holy-Cross-Day, according to the Calender of the Greeks. 1883 R. Sinker in Prayer Bk. Comment. (S.P.C.K) 34 ‘Holy Cross Day’ in our Calendar, or, more strictly speaking, the ‘Exaltation of the Cross’ probably celebrates primarily the consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem in 335 a.d.; but its renown is specially due to the victory of Heraclius over the Persians and his restoration of the Cross to its shrine at Jerusalem. < as lemmas |
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