| 单词 | preparation day |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspreparation day preparation day n. (a) the day before the Jewish Sabbath or other festival; (b) Christian Church (esp. in Presbyterian Churches) a day preceding that on which the Eucharist (Communion) is celebrated. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > day before preparation1557 preparation day1557 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > Sabbath > [noun] > observance of > preparation for Jewish preparation1557 preparation day1557 Parasceve1608 1557 Bible (Whittingham) John xix. 42 There then layd they Iesus, because of the Iews Preparation day [so 1611; 1539 (Great) the preparing of the Sabbath of the Iewes]. 1628 in H. Paton Dundonald Parish Rec. (1936) 256 For drinking all nycht the first preparatioune daye, and the morne thairafter, being the first communion Sabbath. 1729 P. Walkden Diary 18 July (1866) (modernized text) 31 It being preparation day, I got ready for chapel. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) viii.180 My child died on the Friday, and was buried on Saturday, the preparation-day, after sermon. 1961 PMLA 76 506/1 On Saturday, preparation day, a preparatory service was observed. The actual celebration took place on Sunday. 2002 Gleaner (Nexis) 3 Apr. In the Gospel according to John, Jesus dies on the cross on Preparation Day at the same hour as the Passover lambs were being slaughtered in the temple. < as lemmas |
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