单词 | loving kindness |
释义 | loving kindnessn. Kindness arising from love; tenderness; compassion; an instance of this.Frequently in religious context. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [noun] > loving kindness loving kindness1535 metta1866 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > loving kindness charity?c1225 loving kindness1535 metta1866 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > love loveOE charityc1175 paramourc1390 loving kindness1535 philanthropy1631 agape1727 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxv. 6 Call to remembraunce, O Lorde, thy tender mercyes & thy louinge kyndnesses, which haue bene euer of olde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxxix. 33 Neuerthelesse, my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him. ?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 3 What great lovyng kyndnes did God show in thys cace? 1645 J. Hoyle Johajadahs Justice Against Mattan 12 Acknowledge with heartiest thankfulnesse the loving kindness of the Lord. 1692 J. Tillotson Serm. bef. King & Queen 15 Lovingkindness comprehends Gods milder Attributes, his Goodness, and Mercy, and Patience. 1704 E. Arwaker Thoughts Well Employ'd iii. 55 The sense of this loving kindness of the Lord lies fresh upon their Souls. a1729 J. Rogers 19 Serm. (1735) 349 The amiable Attributes of Goodness and Loving-kindness. 1789 Fatal Effects Seduction ii. i. 12 The eternal father..Holds out his loving kindness to transgressors. 1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 166 A lady of unbounded loving-kindness. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 2 The infinite mercy and loving-kindness of a supreme creator. 1918 A. C. Knudson Relig. Teaching Old Test. viii. 173 Various terms are used in the Old Testament to express the idea of the divine love, or good will... There is the Hebrew word usually rendered ‘loving-kindness’, or ‘goodness’ (chesed). 1956 R. Gray Kafka's Castle iii. 29 Its officials are, they assert, full of loving-kindness, always ready to sacrifice themselves. 2002 Mandala Mar.–May 66/1 When we do deity meditation and mantra recitation, the main healing power comes from our motivation of loving kindness, compassion and bodhichitta. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535 |
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