单词 | lecture-day |
释义 | > as lemmaslecture-day lecture-day n. ‘the appointed day for the periodical lecture of the municipality or parish; in the New England colonies it seems to have been usually Thursday’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > special or ceremonial days Easter terma1387 station day1560 lecture-day1616 scarlet-day1632 charter-day1817 field day1821 Thing-day1875 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > with lecture lecture-day1616 1616 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching (new ed.) in Wks. (1620) I. 589 Let not the lecture-day, now when the sermon is ended, be made a day of voluptuousnesse. 1677 in I. Mather Prevalency Prayer (1864) 264 (note) It was agreed that Lecture-day, July 25th, 1677, should be kept as a Fast. 1753 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1884) XXI. 153 The meeting adjourned to the next Lecture Day. 1779 E. Parkman Diary 94 Mr. Badcock has been with me to speak about ye Singing..on proposed Lecture day. < as lemmas |
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