单词 | babylonian captivity |
释义 | > as lemmasBabylonian captivity Babylonian captivity n. the captivity of the Israelites in Babylon, lasting from their deportation by Nebuchadnezzar (c586 b.c.) until their release by Cyrus the Great (c539 b.c.); (hence allusively) the exile of the papacy from Rome to Avignon,1309–77. ΚΠ [1535Babylonical captivity [see Babylonical adj. 1]. ] 1592 H. Broughton Apol. in Briefe Assertions To Rdr. sig. Av From the end of the Babylonian captiuitie, the first seauen must be reckoned: and the last hath in it our Lords death. 1786 E. Apthorp Disc. Prophecy II. 247 This antichristian policy was checked by the great schism, A.1378–1428, which followed the lxx years' residence of the Popes at Avignon, A. 1305–1377, and their return from their Babylonian Captivity. 1862 J. A. Clarke What Prophets Foretold 271/2 Other expositors..find the fulfilment in the building of the second temple and the resettled condition of the Jews after the Babylonian captivity. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 380/1 It was probably during the Babylonian captivity that the synagogue became a national feature of Hebrew worship. 2000 A. Hastings in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 511/2 Pope Clement V, a Frenchman, acknowledged French dominance by settling in France, eventually at Avignon, where the popes remained for seventy years, a ‘Babylonian captivity’. < as lemmas |
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