| 单词 | priest of nature |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspriest of nature 6. figurative. A person whose function is likened to that of a priest, as: priest of nature, priest of science.See also high priest n. 2. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 91 Ye sacred Muses..Whose Priest I am, whose holy Fillets wear. View more context for this quotation 1703 W. Sherlock Pract. Disc. Relig. Assemblies i. 64 Man is the Priest of Nature, who offers up the Praises and Thanksgivings of the whole Creation to God. 1790 J. Farrer Trial Abraham 7 Man alone..Endued with reason and an eye supine... The priest of nature he. 1807 W. Wordsworth Ode in Poems II. 151 The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest . View more context for this quotation a1811 R. T. Paine Wks. (1812) 264 Come, priest of Science, truth arrayed, And with thee bring each tuneful maid. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 80 Homer and Aristotle, Shakspeare and Bacon, are the priests who preach and expound the mysteries of the universe. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxvii. 57 This faith has many a purer priest, And many an abler voice than thou. View more context for this quotation 1970 B. Benstock & T. F. Staley Approaches to Ulysses 58 Stephen..takes an artist's revenge for the crushing defeats the successful and admired priest of science has inflicted on him during the day. 2004 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 27 Aug. One can conclude that a scout is a priest of nature, a good social worker and is a true patriot. < as lemmas |
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