单词 | pentalogue |
释义 | Pentaloguen. rare. A set of five rules or laws. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > a law > set of 5 laws Pentalogue1797 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 24 555 This pentalogue is chiefly objectionable on account of the vague drift of the fifth commandment. 1853 W. S. Furneaux (title) The Poultry Pentalogue, or Five Rules for Fancy Fowls and Fowl Fanciers. 1869 F. R. Lees Text-bk. Temperance 140 The fifth and last of the ‘Pentalogue of Buddha’ (B.C. 560) runs thus [etc.]. 1877 Globe Encycl. II. 129/1 Buddhism is a creed of ideal purity; its Pentalogue enjoins not only moral duties, but abstinence from marriage and wine. 1910 Times 17 Nov. 12/5 The teaching of these pamphlets amounts to a new Pentalogue. 1998 News & Record (Greensboro, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 30 Apr. 13 Among her [sc. Lois. G. Forer's] valuable advice is her ‘new Pentalogue, the Five Commandments that should be every woman's guide to successful living’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1797 |
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