| 单词 | place of worship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplace of worship place of worship n. †(a) the house of a person of rank or religious community, a reputable house (obsolete); (b) an honourable or prestigious post or position; (c) a place where believers regularly meet for religious worship, esp. a building designed for or dedicated this purpose, as a church, chapel, synagogue, mosque, etc.The later use is apparently shortened from ‘place (of assembly or meeting) for religious worship’, occurring in Statutes, from 1689 onwards, recognizing the public religious worship of Protestant Dissenters, Roman Catholics, and Jews. In these statutes the short form is late (see quots. 1832, 1846). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > [noun] holinessc897 houseeOE halidomc1000 ZionOE God's houseOE wike-tuna1250 saintuairea1300 sanctuarya1340 holy1382 entry?c1400 the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1400 high placea1425 place of worship?1459 synagogue1490 God-box?1548 shrinea1577 bethela1617 prayer house1657 barn1689 bidental1692 altar1772 praying housea1843 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of person of rank place of worship?1459 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > an honourable position sublimity?1537 place of worship1592 place1822 ?1459 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 257 Sweche dysportys..as sche hadde seyn hvsyd in placys of wvrschip þere as sche hathe beyn. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 148 I wolde be at som place of worship..that I myght reste me. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 312 Hit [was] never the custom of placis of worshyp..whan a knyght and a lady asked herborow, and they to receyve them, and aftir to dystres them be his gestys. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. C4 The shamlesse vpstart..that hath a hungry eie to spie out,..and a flattring toong to intreat for some void place of worship. 1689 Act 1 Will. & Mary c. 18 §4 If any Assembly of persons dissenting from the Church of England shall be had in any place for Religious Worship. 1689 Act 1 Will. & Mary c. 18 §4 Except such Persons come to some Congregation or Assembly of Religious Worship allowed or permitted by this Act.] 1777 in Archaeologia (1779) 5 197 The Church of Kirkdale was considered in Doomsday-Book as the place of worship belonging to that manor. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 71/2 (margin) Of clean and unclean beasts, and the place of worship [in the Mosaic Law]. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague in Poems (1825) I. 263 Her soul serene, That like a place of worship aye was husht By day and night. 1832 Act 2 & 3 William IV c. 115 (margin) Roman Catholics to be subject to the same laws as Protestant Dissenters, with respect to Schools and Places of Worship. 1846 Act 9 & 10 Vict. c. 59 §2 Persons dissenting from the Worship or Doctrines of the United Church of England and Ireland, and usually attending some Place of Worship other than the Established Church. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Dec. 10 St. Mary's [a district church in a town] is a place of worship rather than a church to the minds of the townsmen. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot i. i. 5 The second daughter, who knew of old that papa must always live near a place of worship. 1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 25 Nov. a13/3 If you are a faith-holder, why not attend your chosen place of worship today or this coming Sunday? < as lemmas |
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