α. late Middle English re-edificacion, late Middle English– re-edification.
β. 1600s redification (Scottish).
单词 | re-edification |
释义 | re-edificationn.α. late Middle English re-edificacion, late Middle English– re-edification. β. 1600s redification (Scottish). Rebuilding; restoration; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creating again > constructing again re-edification1473 re-edifying?a1475 rebuilding1585 re-erection1643 recomposition1655 reconstruction1791 1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 94/2 John Lord Scrop, souveiour of the reparations and reedifications of the houses and edifiyngs within the Toune..late brent, distroied, and desolate. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 83 (MED) Thei lost also the reedificacion of the temple..aftir the pestilences. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 89 The Toun was compellid to help to the Reedification of it. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xlviii. 464 That rich & renowned city..after her reedification, to be debased into so low..an estate. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 202 The re-edification of the walls and houses of Jerusalem. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 167 Having appointed the..Governour of the Castle, to take order for the re-edification of what was lapsed. 1726 J. Dart (title) The History..of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury,..Containing, An Account of its First Establishment, Building, Re-edifications [etc.]. 1796 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 134 I have begun the demolition of my house, and hope to get through its re-edification in the course of the summer. 1815 N. W. Wraxall Hist. Mem. I. 68 Its re-edification..and improvement in every sense, occupied his capacious mind. 1896 Catholic World Sept. 734 Jocelin..released from forty days of penance all such as bountifully contributed towards the re-edification of York minster. 1926 E. Hutton Story Ravenna viii. 120 Very shortly after the occupation of Ravenna by the imperialists in 540, the reedification of the city and its splendid embellishment was begun. 1954 A. Wainhouse Hedyphagetica 34 Countless demolitions and re-edifications; a thorough unpurpose..a thorough futility. 1998 Hispanic Outlook in Higher Educ. (Nexis) 29 Nov. 5 a The cost of labor, material, scaffolding and storage of the mural for its re-edification add up to an unusual endeavour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1473 |
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