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单词 port-royal
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Port-Royaln.

Brit. /ˌpɔː rwɑːˈjal/, /ˌpɔː rɔɪˈjal/, U.S. /ˌpɔrtˈrɔɪəl/, /ˌpɔrˌrɔɪˈæl/
Forms: 1600s Port-royall, 1600s– Port-Royal.
Origin: From proper names. Etymon: proper name Port-Royal.
Etymology: < Port-Royal (more fully Port-Royal Des Champs), the name of a convent near Versailles, which, in the 17th cent., housed a lay community which became well-known for its strong Jansenist leanings and its work in education and philosophy.
The community of Port-Royal as a centre of Jansenism; (hence) the doctrines of the Jansenists. Also: the wider community following the principles and methods of Port-Royal in education or philosophy; a comparable institution elsewhere.Frequently used attributively and allusively with reference to the teachings in logic and semantics promulgated by the Port-Royal community, esp. as set out in A. Arnauld and P. Nicole's influential La Logique; ou, L'Art de Penser (1662).
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1660 Let. 22 June in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) I. 375 There will shortly be sold a Bible, with some notes upon it of those of ye Port royall, yt is, ye Jansenists.
1692 J. Norris Cursory Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 65 in Christian Blessedness (ed. 2) A sort of men whose Talent was never known to lie much towards Philosophy, will needs turn a Conventicle into a Port Royal.
1715 J. Addison Spectator No. 562. ¶3 The Gentlemen of Port-Royal,..were more eminent for their Learning and their Humility than any other in France.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Greek and Latin Methods of Port Royal, which are Grammars of that Language.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ii. 39 The excellent ‘Art of Thinking’, which commonly passes under the name of the ‘Port-Royal Logic’.
1883 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 693/1 The establishment of a school, for which they prepared the well-known educational books known under the name of Port Royal, the Greek and Latin Grammars, General Grammar, Geometry, etc.
1951 N. Mitford Blessing ii. viii. 223 The cellars..were supposed to be the foundations of a famous convent, ‘the English Port Royal’.
1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 90 Certain themes and topics emerge repeatedly, and once past Port-Royal and on to Locke, Condillac, and Horne Tooke, then a continuum develops, and the interaction between the views depicted becomes more clearly apparent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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