单词 | palingenesy |
释义 | palingenesyn. Now archaic and rare. = palingenesia n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > rebirth or regeneration > [noun] palingenesia1587 renascency1648 palingenesy1651 palingenesis1661 renascence1674 rebirth1837 neomorphosis1901 1651 M. Smalwood in W. Cartwright Comedies sig. **3 Buried Ashes may as eas'ly see Theirs, as we this glad Palingenesie. 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. ii. vii. 258 There must also be another burning of the world, and another Palingenesie or renovation of things. 1718 J. Fox Wanderer 57 While the World seems to rejoice in a perfect Palingenesy. 1801 Monthly Mag. 11 19 The..doctrines of an imminent palingenesy, and of the speedy coming of Antichrist. 1858 R. C. Trench On Authorized Vers. N.T. (1859) 52 Nothing would so effectually hinder this rejuvenescence, this palingenesy of words, as the putting a ban upon them directly they pass out of vulgar use. 1886 Trans. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 1 153 The poetry of Byron may experience a palingenesy. 1994 Economist (Nexis) 3 Sept. 84 He pleads for the palingenesy of his supposedly redivivous collection (translation: there may be life in them yet, let's try it).] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651 |
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