| 单词 | letter-learning |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter-learning letter-learning n. now rare = book learning n.Chiefly in the usage of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [noun] > book-learning, letters craftOE book loreOE lettersa1250 letter1340 lettrurec1400 literaturec1450 reading?1548 book learning1553 book skill1553 book knowledge1613 bookcrafta1637 scholarship1644 clerkship1648 letter-learning1668 bookhood1772 clerk-learning1865 literacy1880 1668 G. Keith Immediate Revelation 127 Paul sayes, not the Scriptures were writ, that we should learn only by them, or stick to the Letter learning, for he had a learning beyond them, even that of the Spirit. 1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity x. 210 As for letter-learning, we judg it not so much necessary to the wel-being of one. 1740 G. Whitefield Christ Only Rest for Weary 10 Thou, O Man, with all thy Letter-learning, will surely see the Judgement-Seat of Christ. 1755 W. Darney Fund. Doctr. Holy Script. 103 He hath gotten a good education, and is approved by men of great letter learning. 1828 T. Hood Stanzas to T. Woodgate in Lit. Souvenir IV. 167 All letter-learning was a line You, somehow, never crossed! 1867 W. Hodgson Lives, Sentiments, Sufferings Reformers & Martyrs v. 70 ‘The Master’ was trusting too much to his letter-learning. 1914 M. P. Malter World Process p. vii Letter-learning is too largely given to analytic aspects of facts. < as lemmas |
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