单词 | refining fire |
释义 | > as lemmasrefining fire refining fire n. ΚΠ 1606 J. Davies Bien Venu sig. A3 Ye Angels which Do celebrate your Soueraignes holy praise, Who ever burne in loues refyning fires, [etc.]. 1703 J. Piggott Funeral Serm. 25 There is no refining Fire to purify departed Spirits: The Popish Purgatory is an absurd and visionary thing. 1848 Ladies' Repository Mar. 88/1 The memory of the past is burning within us. Reader, wilt thou share with us the refining fire? 1957 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 15 308 The poetic symbol, refining fire, is said to be symbolic of the ordeals of self-discipline and order suffered by those who seek salvation. 2001 R. Schuchard Eliot's Dark Angel viii. 159 Dante's description of Arnaut diving back into the refining fire broke through here in the draft. < as lemmas |
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