单词 | relapser |
释义 | relapsern. A person who relapses into sin, error, or heresy. Also in later use: a person who relapses into illness or addiction. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [noun] > person apostate1340 postatea1387 relapse1407 pervert1501 reneganta1525 runagate1530 reniant1532 backfaller1545 apostatrice1551 turn-tippet?1556 runaway1561 faller-away1564 reneger?1577 renegado1584 backslider1591 retrospicientc1600 relapser1608 renegade1611 runagado1614 runagade1670 fallaway1673 lapser1695 faller-out1964 1608 W. Crashaw tr. N. Balbani Newes from Italy vii. 18 They..were taken as relapsers and backsliders [L. tamquam relapsi], and put to extreame torments and cruell death. c1625 Bp. J. Hall St. Paul's Combat i, in Wks. (1837) V. 303 Those speculative relapsers that have..abandoned a knowne and received truth. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 485 Forcing people to the Masse, & then executing them as Relapsers. 1716 H. Colman Ess. by Catech. on Confirmation (ed. 2) 60 Terrible is the Case of Apostates and Relapsers. 1745 J. Wesley Farther Appeal iii. 111 The Relapsers were often so harden'd in Sin, that no Impression cou'd be made upon them. 1856 Caledonian Mercury 18 Feb. He is no relapser into old abuses. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 182/1 The relapsers, and those who refused to recant, were expelled from the church. 1939 Sci. Monthly May 394/1 He [sc. an addict] becomes a chronic relapser, and more than likely a parasite on his friends. 1945 R. Arnheim et al. in G. Murphy Human Nature & Enduring Peace viii. 74 There are a number in the [concentration] camps who wear a bar above their badge as a sign that they are relapsers. 1960 W. C. Scoville Persecution Huguenots iii. 84 Strict enforcement of the laws against relapsers did the king's cause more harm than good. 1989 Professional Counselor Mar. 38/2 For relapsers and continuing members alike the group has improved the quality of their sobriety. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608 |
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