单词 | pre-elect |
释义 | pre-electadj.n. Now rare. Chosen beforehand or before others; chosen in preference to others, esp. by God. Also as n. (with singular or plural agreement) and chiefly with the. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective] > saved safec1300 chosen1382 saveda1400 ransomedc1425 redempt?a1430 pre-electc1475 elect1526 redeemed1538 elected1548 redempted1623 Israelistic1684 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > relating to preference > chosen in preference to others predilectc1475 pre-electc1475 elective1643 preferable1747 preferential1754 predilected1767 preferred1777 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > choose [verb (transitive)] > beforehand pre-elect1611 c1475 Life St. Anne (Trin. Cambr.) (1928) 583 (MED) Thys mayden, of god thus elect And preelect, abode and dwellyd styll In the temple of god. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxiii. 123 Ha, noble rose, pre-elect & chosen byfore all other flouris that ben about the. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. i. sig. m.iiii v This gracious virgin and preelect abbasse. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Preeletto Preelect, fore-chosen. 1858 E. Caswall Poems 34 Then with all perfections deck'd As this mother pre-elect. 1886 E. Fawcett Romance & Revery 74 To dreary suffering or mad crime So terribly and so strangely pre-elect? 1915 K. Tynan Flower of Youth 74 O predestined and pre-elect 'Tis you must bear the glorious scars. 1998 C. Tate Psychoanal. & Black Novels i. 35 The pre-elect once were destined to go to heaven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pre-electv. 1. transitive. To elect or choose beforehand; (esp. of God) to choose in preference to others. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > save, redeem [verb (transitive)] aleseOE abyeOE buyc1175 washc1175 winc1220 salvea1225 savec1225 forbuyc1315 ransomc1350 signc1350 again-buya1382 forechoosea1400 gain-buy1435 redeemc1438 pre-elect1561 sa'1604 electa1617 unsina1631 1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice xcvii sig. Oo.i v Althoughe Samuell had anoynted Dauid kinge, yet at his fathers commaundement hee bare vitayles vnto hys brethren before whome he was preelected, and chosen [L. praeelectus fuerat]. 1622 J. Wilson Treasury of Deuotion 61 God hath elected, and preelected thee. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xix. 232 Some's pre-elected to sumptuous feasts, and purple and fine linen. 1867 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns (ed. 3) 153 Ere the world was, pre-elected, By the Architect erected In the Church's highest place. 1887 ‘M. Field’ Canute the Great ii. ii. 143 My woman, preelected from the hour I was conceived a man. 1932 Times 8 Oct. 17/4 Why otherwise should spirits..be pre-elected by Him to be raised up? 2000 A. Nachef Mary's Pope iii. 52 God's choice to Pre-elect Mary to be the Mother of Christ. 2. transitive. To elect to a position or office in anticipation, before a vacancy has arisen.Chiefly used with reference to various appointments in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, esp. the choice of heads of colleges. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (transitive)] > elect to an office by anticipation pre-elect1648 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > by anticipation pre-elect1648 1648 in M. Burrows Reg. Visitors Univ. Oxf. (1881) 211 Memorand: That Mr. Fisher, Sr Denn: Clarck, and Carpender are pre-elected this day into Students' places, the first that falls voyd in the Colledge of Christ Church. 1753 R. Masters Hist. Coll. Corpus Christi xxii. 137 When Fellows were pre-elected, (as they often were long before a Vacancy, in order to prevent Mandates..taking place), they were sometimes admitted to the Fellows Table. 1767 R. Burn Eccl. Law (ed. 2) I. 250 (note) Dr Owen having been thus pre-elected [to a prebend in St David's Cathedral], was refused to be admitted. 1830 J. H. Monk Life R. Bentley xiii. 371 An appeal was also presented to the Vice-Chancellor..against the Master, who had pre-elected his son, William Bradford, to a fellowship in a College Meeting, at which only four of the twelve Fellows were present. 1949 C. V. Wedgwood Richelieu & French Monarchy iv. 72 The dearest wish of the Emperor Ferdinand II was to have his eldest son thus pre-elected to the succession. 1953 Times 6 Aug. 8/2 Malcolm Archer Sheridan Burgess..has been pre-elected into the Graham Robertson Research Fellowship. 1977 Daily Tel. 28 Feb. 8/2 At Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, Miss A. P. Dowling, of Girton, has been pre-elected into a junior research fellowship. 1993 Tulsa Stud. Women's Lit. 12 383 Marilyn Butler..was pre-elected..to head Exeter College, Oxford. Derivatives pre-eˈlected adj. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Préeslu, preelected, fore-chosen. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pre-elected, elected, or chosen before-hand. 1898 M. Corelli et al. Mod. Marriage Market i. 44 She should be certain..that out of all the world that one man is indeed her pre-elected lover, her chosen mate. 1930 D. Allen Fight for Peace xii. 228 The official positions vacated by the enlistments of the persons under A) and B) shall be filled immediately by their preelected or pre-appointed successors. 1999 E. Cook in J. Keats Sel. Poetry 226 (note) If he fulfils certain obligations..he will ultimately be rescued by a pre-elected youth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1475v.1561 |
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