单词 | non-swearing |
释义 | non-swearingn. The action of not swearing oaths or of not using profane language; spec. †the action of the nonjurors in refusing to take the oath of allegiance (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > non-jurancy > [noun] non-subscribing1651 non-swearing1692 nonjurantism1709 non-jurancy1715 non-subscription1736 non-jurorism1845 1692 Let. to Friend in Harleian Misc. (1746) VII. 296 Could their Non-swearing restore him to his Throne again, it would [etc.]. 1991 W. Sheed Baseball & Lesser Sports 171 Rickey was Mack's match at non-swearing, never going further than ‘criminen-tilies’. 1997 Population Stud. 51 132/1 We used the Anabaptist scale which was focused on the importance of adult baptism, non-resistance, balancing evangelism and service, non-swearing of oaths, and separation of Church and State. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). non-swearingadj. That does not swear an oath of allegiance or use profane language; spec. †= nonjuring adj. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > non-jurancy > [adjective] nonjuring1691 non-swearing1691 nonjurant1696 non-subscribing1716 non-juristical1723 non-jurist1871 1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 162 The other non-swearing bishops. a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 89 A Non-Swearing-Parson. 1733 Hyp-doctor 16 Oct. A broken Non-swearing, but All-lying Parson of North-street, Westminster. 1952 R. E. Weir Beyond Labor's Veil (1996) ii. 70 A group of Chicago Knights announced the formation of the Non-Swearing Knights to cleanse the stockyards of coarse language. 1980 M. D. Johnson in C. R. Berkin & C. M. Lovett Women, War, & Revol. 120 [Post-revolutionary France] A major reason for secularizing the état civil was that nonswearing clergy were still performing marriages among the faithful. 1990 P. W. Luneborg Women changing Work vi. 96 Women give nonswearing men more choices. 1994 R. H. Stein Method & Message Jesus' Teachings (rev. ed.) vi. 93 Quakers emphasized the nonswearing of oaths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1692adj.1691 |
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