单词 | reliquation |
释义 | reliquationn.1 Devotion to relics; an instance of this.There is no evidence of continuity of use between the examples given here.In quot. 1617 depreciative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > portable shrines or relics > relic > [noun] > devotion to reliquation1617 reliquism1841 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. ix. 367 To resist your Reliquations (the true bankruptures of relligion) is wisdome to Victor, and to the auncient Christians that liued before him. 2004 J. Elkins On Strange Place of Relig. in Contemp. Art 52 Totemism, reliquation (the worship of relics and reliquaries), the Wiccan religion,..are blended with astrology, palmism, Santería, and herbal alchemy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † reliquationn.2 Obsolete. rare. Remains, residue, balance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest lave971 otherOE remanantc1350 remnanta1375 surplusc1400 remanent1414 reversionc1450 rest?1473 remain1483 allowance1521 reliquation1658 rump1708 balance1788 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Reliquation, remains, or a being in arrearage. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 197 The reliquation of that which preceded is, it looks not all like Popery that Presbyterism was disdained by the King. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). reliquationn.3 Metallurgy. rare. Renewed liquation; spec. the action or process of liquating a mixture of metals for a second or further time (cf. liquate v. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [noun] > again reliquation1839 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1127 4. the liquation; 5, the reliquation (ressuage). 1914 W. Gowland Metall. Non-ferrous Metals 415 The liquated tin from the residue in No. 1 is then charged into No. 2 for reliquation, while the refractory residue, hardhead, is raked out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11617n.21658n.31839 |
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