| 单词 | penitent form |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenitent form General attributive, esp. designating a seat or bench reserved for penitents, as penitent form, penitent stool, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance penitent form1563 repenting stool1567 stool of repentance1581 place of repentance1582 repentance stool1591 repentance seat1771 cutty-stoola1774 Mercy seat1818 anxious seat1827 anxious bench1832 mourner's bench1834 mourner's seat1845 moaner's bench1929 1563–4 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 191 To syt upon the penitent stull duryng the tym of the sermon. 1573 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 385 The said William twa several Sundays..to sit upon the hieest of the penitentis saiet in sekclaitht. 1865 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Nov. 484 She was the first to come to the penitent form. 1896 ‘J. Ackworth’ Clog Shop Chron. 305 (E.D.D.) An' yond's the penitent-form. 1934 J. E. Neale Queen Elizabeth xix. 331 Essex..even resolved to set about paying his debts... But the man of business no doubt calculated, not on the mood of the penitent-stool, but on the perquisites of power. 1953 Times 26 Aug. 4/7 A policeman..observed darkly: ‘It only wants..a few on the penitent seat next morning, to stop it.’ 1986 E. Longford Pebbled Shore vii. 108 An evangelical meeting... People were shouting, ‘Come, come to the Penitent Form.’ 2003 Irish News (Nexis) 9 May 2 Gather round the penitent stool, dunces' caps at the ready. < as lemmas |
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