单词 | morning prayer |
释义 | morning prayern. 1. A formal act of worship taking place in the morning, spec. (in the Anglican Church) the service of matins; a prayer assigned for use in the morning. Also (usually in plural): communal morning worship in a household, school, etc.; a regular form of private prayer used habitually in the morning by an individual. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > canonical hours > matins > [noun] uht-songa900 ughten-songc1175 matinsc1300 matutine1455 matinsc1480 morning prayer1552 morning office1765 society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > morning morning prayer1552 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) sig. C.i An ordre for morninge prayer dayly throughout the yeare. 1557 F. Seager Schoole of Vertue in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 337 The mornynge prayer. ‘O God, from whom al good gifts procede!’ 1585 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 137 To Sir Hugh Hook, clerk, for saying morenynge praiers..33s. 4d. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 74 And in your afternoones thinke what you told And promis'd him, at morning prayer before. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 140 Duly at clink of bell to morning prayers. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers III. xv. 264 Eleanor was dressed a full hour before the time fixed in the Ullathorne household for morning prayers. 1901 G. Tyrrell Autobiogr. (1912) I. vii. 94 Two of the boys..would bow their heads at the Holy Name at morning prayers. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 130 Death..is a blessed moment for him who has walked in the right path..attending to his morning and evening prayers. 1989 P. D. James Devices & Desires (BNC) 101 Mr. Copley's reading of the Church's daily offices, Morning Prayer and Evensong. 1991 N. de Lange tr. A. Oz To know Woman (1992) vi. 26 The long-drawn-out sound of the muezzin's call to morning prayer insinuated itself indistinctly. 2. In plural. British (originally Military slang). A regular morning briefing or staff meeting. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > types of morn-speechOE court1154 morrow-speech1183 conventicle1382 congregation1389 plenary session1483 journeyc1500 night school1529 assession1560 general meeting1565 family meeting1638 panegyris1647 desk1691 collegea1703 annual general meeting1725 mass meeting1733 panegyre1757 plenum1772 family council1797 coterie1805 Round Table1830 GA1844 indignation meeting1848 protest meeting1852 hui1858 primary1859 Quaker meeting1861 mothers' meeting1865 sit-down1868 town hall1912 jamboree1919 protest rally1921 con1940 face-to-face1960 morning prayers1961 struggle meeting1966 be-in1967 love-in1967 plenary1969 catch-up1972 rencontre1975 schmoozefest1976 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1231/2 Prayers, morning or family, a daily staff conference at H.Q.: Army: 1939–45. 1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular viii. 250 ‘Morning prayers’ in 12th Army headquarters, the daily briefing of the staff, began with a statement of temperature and humidity. 1980 Sunday Times 13 Jan. 6/3 At 9 a.m. he meets his chief advisers in what is called, in Whitehall dialect, morning prayers. 1994 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 20/5 ‘Morning prayers’ are not intended to replace management meetings as they do not go into so much detail, but they do quickly prepare for the day ahead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasmorning prayer a. Frequently in plural. Religious worship, esp. of a public nature, of which praying forms a principal part (as morning prayer, family prayers, etc.); frequently with possessive adjective referring to a person’s private or individual devotions.In quot. c1384: (perhaps) a place of prayer. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of churchOE servicelOE rightlOE observancea1250 officec1300 preachingc1350 ritec1350 ceremonyc1380 usea1382 prayerc1384 form1399 ordinancea1400 ordera1425 worship?a1425 worshippingc1443 common prayer1493 common servicea1500 ordinarya1513 celebrity1534 church servicea1555 religious exercise1560 function1564 agend1581 church office1581 liturgy1593 Common Prayer service1648 ritualities1648 ceremonial1672 hierurgy1678 occasion1761 religiosities1834 cursus1865 joss-pidgin1886 worship service1929 society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > private prayera1400 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xvi. 13 We wenten out withoute the ȝate bisydis the flood, wher preier was seyn for to be. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28248 My prayers say was me ful lathe. c1475 Brome Abraham & Isaac in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 46 I am here, And make my preyrys to þe Trenyte. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts iii. 1 Peter and Ihon went vp to gedder into the temple at the nynthe houre of prayer [1611 at the houre of prayer, being the ninth houre]. 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Pref. sig. a.iii When men saye Morninge and Euening prayer [1549 Matins and Euensong] priuatly. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 2 In the morning after praiers we looked for it. 1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 87 All the devouter sort, (which are not many) goe to Church, and say their prayers. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. v. iii. 205 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) The Assassinates found him at his prayers. 1729 W. Law Serious Call i. 1 Prayers whether private or publick, are particular parts or instances of Devotion. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 75 A lantern, which..encloses the sacring-bell, to call the parishioners to prayers. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 173 The bell..Now chimes in concert, calling all to prayers. a1866 J. Keble Lett. Spiritual Counsel & Guidance (1870) 105 You are often hindered from the Church prayers. 1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose iii. xi They say family prayers there with the servants every night. 1959 M. Levin Eva 11 How often as children had we..watched our shikseh maids at their prayers. 1990 Newsweek 16 July 37/1 Friday prayers at the University of Teheran are introduced by a radical mullah. < as lemmas |
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