单词 | bethel |
释义 | betheln. 1. A hallowed spot; a place where God is worshipped; the pillar that marks such a place. (See Gen. xxviii. 17.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > [noun] holinessc897 houseeOE halidomc1000 ZionOE God's houseOE wike-tuna1250 saintuairea1300 sanctuarya1340 holy1382 entry?c1400 the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1400 high placea1425 place of worship?1459 synagogue1490 God-box?1548 shrinea1577 bethela1617 prayer house1657 barn1689 bidental1692 altar1772 praying housea1843 society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > pillar that marks place of worship bethel1841 a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 241 Whence it is that such places are termed Bethels, ‘Gods houses.’ a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xv. 50 Raising up an altar for Gods worship in his family, and so making it a little Bethel. 1841 S. F. Adams in W. J. Fox Hymns & Anthems lxxxv Out of my stony griefs, Bethels I'll raise. 2. Sometimes used (esp. by some Methodists and Baptists) like ‘Zion,’ ‘Zoar,’ ‘Bethesda,’ etc., as the designation of their chapel or meeting-house; sometimes applied figuratively, or as in ‘Little Bethel,’ in contempt, to any place of worship other than those of the established church. Also a place of worship for seamen (a sense apparently first used in U.S.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > chapel > [noun] > nonconformist conventicle?1550 meeting-place1589 meeting1593 meeting house1632 chapel1662 pantile1714 tabernacle1768 gospel-shop?1782 schism-shop1801 bethel1840 schism-house1843 Ebenezer1849 Bethesda1857 Salem1857 praise house1862 society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > other > [noun] > place of worship for seamen bethel1840 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast 479 The establishment of Bethels in most of our own seaports..where the gospel is regularly preached.., are doing a vast deal of good in this cause. 1865 Reader 15 Apr. 415/3 The class contemptuously described as dividing its energies between business and bethels. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bethel, Floating Bethel, an old ship fitted up in a port for the purpose of public worship. 1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims iii. 93 You may find him in some lowly Bethel, by the seaside. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bethelv. (See quot. a1734.)Apparently an isolated use. Π a1734 R. North Examen (1740) 93 In the year 1680 Bethel and Cornish were chosen sheriffs. The former..kept no house, but lived upon chops, whence it is proverbial for not feasting to Bethel the city. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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