| 单词 | our first parents |
| 释义 | > as lemmasour first parents b. A forefather, an ancestor. Esp. in our first parents: Adam and Eve. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] > first ancestor or patriarch > Adam and Eve as our first parents1599 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) v. xiv. f. cv There myght thou..beholde thyn owne [a1500 Egerton olde] parentes Adam and Eue. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 1 Gods hand had written in the harts Of the first Parents all the rules of good. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 65 On Earth he first beheld Our two first Parents, yet the onely two Of mankind. View more context for this quotation 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxviii. 177 Our first parents became accountable, because they were free agents. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. viii. 87 The glad promise, given To our first parent, that at length his sons..Should form one happy family of love. 1846 J. Lockhart in Church of Scotl. Pulpit II. 156 The old serpent, who deceived and unparadised our first parents. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 130 Death and judgement, brought into the world by the sin of our first parents. 1983 M. Duffy Londoners (1984) iv. 36 Umbrous with the deep summer shade of the tree our first parents scrumped a sour apple from. < as lemmas |
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