单词 | belieffulness |
释义 | belieffulnessn. The quality of having faith in a person or thing; esp. religiousness.In quot. 1540 as name of a pseudo-divinity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] > quality belieffulness1540 the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > trustful quality or condition belieffulness1540 trustiness?1567 trustfulness1574 trustingness1820 confidingness1851 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Iiiv Mystruste of thyne, whome holy belyfulnesse shoulde neuer make blessed. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iv. f. 24 Ye godly beliefulnesse of the heathen. 1853 A. H. Clough Let. 9 Oct. (1957) II. 464 And there is a hopefulness and a belief-fulness, so to say, on your side. a1962 H. R. Niebuhr Faith on Earth (1991) v. 78 The negative relations of distrust, disloyalty and disbelief all presuppose the previous establishment of trust, loyalty and belieffulness. 1986 D. J. Hall God & Human Suffering (1987) Introd. 27 Our temptation is that we fall into superficial belieffulness..healing the wounds of the people lightly and degrading the hope that belongs to the gospel of the cross. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1540 |
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