单词 | member of satan |
释义 | > as lemmasmember of Satan 2. [Compare post-classical Latin membrum Christi (Vulgate, 1 Corinthians 6:15, translating Hellenistic Greek μέλος Χριστοῦ), membrum ecclesiae (late 4th cent.), membrum Satanae (late 6th cent.), membrum Diaboli (from 8th cent. in British sources), Old French li membre Dieu (plural) the poor (late 12th cent.), menbre a dëable (early 13th cent.).] In extended use: a person who belongs to the metaphorical body of Christ, or of Satan. Frequently in member of Christ, †member of Satan. Cf. limb n.1 2b, 3a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] christenmaneOE limbc1000 christenOE disciplec1325 Christianc1330 member of Christc1384 Nazarenec1384 saintc1384 Nazarite1535 cross-bearera1569 Nasrani1583 Nazaritan1609 Galilean1611 Nasara1792 Xtian1940 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [noun] > person member of Satanc1384 firebranda1425 law-breakerc1440 malignant1597 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. v. 30 We ben membris of his body, of his fleisch and of his boones. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 458 (MED) Al arn we membrez of Jesu Kryst. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 301 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 264 Þe membyre of sathane. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton G iij b To do therwith almesses to the poure members of Yhesu cryst. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Confirmacion f. ix*v Wherein I was made a member of Christe. 1582 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 493 Enemie to Chryst and to all his faithful members. 1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) iv. xviii. 366 Borlary is too much a man, to be so much a Christian, and too much the member of Satan, to bee so much the childe of God. 1670 T. Case Mt. Pisgah i. 42 As to their more divine part, and even as to their terrene and corruptive part, their Bodies, Members of Christ, and Temples for the Holy Ghost to dwell in; yea,..their very dust is United to Christ. 1850 E. E. Stuart Let. 3 Oct. in R. Stuart et al. Stuart Lett. (1961) I. 140 They now, instead of being cumberers of the ground, would have been active useful members of Christ's Body. 1929 Man 29 143 John Smith..as a baptised Christian, is the child of God, born as a member of Christ. 1989 C. Bernheimer Figures of Ill Repute viii. 251 Lydwine's reception of the stigmata is not a further emblem of her castration, but a symbol of her being intact as a member of the mystical body of Christ. < as lemmas |
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