单词 | non nobis |
释义 | non nobisint.n. A. int. Expressing gratitude or thanksgiving (see sense B.). Also more fully non nobis, Domine. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > kinds of psalm > 113 to 118 > [noun] > first words of psalm 115 non nobisc1475 c1475 Mankind (1969) 480 ‘No [n] nobis, domine; non nobis,’ by sent Deny! 1814 S. T. Coleridge Let. 5 Apr. III. 466 For ourselves we hold it sufficient to say: Non nobis. 1898 New Eng. Mag. June 504 A Battle Prayer... Non nobis, Domine! Thine arm alone Giveth the victory—'Tis not our own. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) vii. 40 The fatalistic subordination of a professional soldier..would have made a proper officer sit down... Non nobis, Domine. a1978 M. Bell Compl. Poems (1988) 50 On Speech Day The Chairman of the governors makes a speech. An athlete makes a speech and gives out prizes... Sea-shanties this year? No, non nobis domine. B. n. Psalm 115 (part of Psalm 113 in the Vulgate), which in the King James Bible begins ‘Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us’ (Vulgate Non nobis, Domine, non nobis). Now rare. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. viii. 123 Let there be sung Non nobis [1600 Nououes], and Te Deum, The dead with charitie enclos'd in Clay. View more context for this quotation 1816 J. Taylor Ess. in Rhyme 87 Where those infant lips respire, A heav'n of music from the fretted quire; Chaunting the prayer or praise in highest key,—Te Deum, or Non nobis Domine. 1833 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 167 Then silence is wanted, Non Nobis is chaunted. 1838 D. Jerrold J. Applejohn in Men of Char. v ‘After dinner, we must have—humph!—what d'ye call it?’ whispered Benjamin. ‘Non nobis,’ replied Oldjoe. 1995 Shakespeare Q. 11 343 He proclaimed that God's hand was in the victory and commanded particularly moving renditions of Non Nobis and Te Deum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.c1475 |
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