单词 | lustral |
释义 | lustraladj.n. A. adj. 1. Pertaining to the Roman lustrum n. or purificatory sacrifice; hence, pertaining to, of the nature of, or used in rites of purification; purificatory. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > [adjective] lustral1533 a day februate1610 purificatory1610 lustrical day1623 lustrating1653 lustrific1656 lustrant1895 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (S.T.S.) iii. vii. 270 Þe capitoll was purgit be þe Sacrifice lustrale. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. iv. 250 He [sc. Julian]..caused their Meats and Drinks to be sprinkled or mixed with the lustral Water. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. (Notes) xv. p. lxviii The assistants were sprinkled with lustral water. 1783 T. Wilson Archæol. Dict. Lustral day, or dies lustricus amongst the Romans, was the day on which lustrations were performed for a child, and the name given. 1851 A. H. Layard Pop. Acct. Discov. Nineveh x. 251 Copper lustral spoons. 1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic iv. 133 The assassin..coolly washed his hands in the lustral waters of a neighbouring temple. 1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. vi. 480 A lustral Ewer. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist v. §2. 278 The Hindu worship has always consisted largely in lustral rites. 2. Occurring every five years; quinquennial. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years quinquennal1532 quinquennial1601 five-yearly1619 centenary1620 septennial1640 triannual1640 triennial1642 septennary1644 sexennial1646 trieterical1646 novennial1656 octennial1656 trieteric1656 quinquennalian1692 quadrenniala1700 biennial1750 sexennary1753 lustral1781 centennial1797 quaternal1813 sextennial1814 septendecennial1834 septemdecenary1843 undecennarya1847 bicentenary1862 bicentennial1883 quadricentennial1889 trigintennial1894 twelve-yearly1906 vigintennial1921 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xviii. 71 As this general tax upon industry was collected every fourth year, it was stiled the Lustral Contribution. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules i, in tr. Gaius Institutes 361 Those..who, at the lustral census in Rome,..gave in their names for enrolment as Roman citizens. A lustrum or period of five years. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > in different cultures or calendars Julian period1592 saros1613 octaeteris1645 lustrala1656 biennium1699 Dionysian period1728 Victorian cycle1728 Sothic cycle or period1828 katun1902 a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 807 When to this time five lustrals I had seen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1533 |
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