单词 | relic water |
释义 | > as lemmasrelic water relic water n. water in which relics have been dipped, regarded as having sacred properties. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > portable shrines or relics > relic > [noun] > water in which relics have been dipped relic water1530 1530 Privy Purse Exp. Hen. VIII (1827) 67 For bringing a glasse of Relike water fro Wyndesor. 1562 Homilies (1859) ii. Idolatry iii. 236 Our idolaters found too much vantage of reliques and relique water to follow St. Chrysostom's counsel. 1852 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. 429 The ‘Canterbury water’ was not the only relic-water known to England. 2001 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 16 Apr. 1 b The ceremony is conducted by the [Buddhist] temple's monks, who bless ‘relic water’ that is kept in a special container. < as lemmas |
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