单词 | samarra |
释义 | samarran.1 Historical. A kind of cassock, painted with flames, etc., worn on the way to execution by persons condemned by the Inquisition to be burnt. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > penitential garment hairec825 cilicec950 sackc1000 hauberkc1305 habergeonc1386 sackclotha1400 shirt of hair1527 shriving cloth1534 haircloth1548 sanbenito1568 white sheet1570 penitential robea1625 sack gown1693 samarra1731 hair-shirt1737 repentance-gown1896 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > garment of hairec825 cilicec950 sackc1000 hauberkc1305 habergeonc1386 sackclotha1400 shirt of hair1527 shriving cloth1534 haircloth1548 sanbenito1568 white sheet1570 penitential robea1625 sack gown1693 samarra1731 hair-shirt1737 1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. iv. xli. 295 They [prisoners designed for the fire] are..cloathed with the Sackcloth, or kind of Mantle, which some call the Sambenito, others the Samarra or Samaretta. 1736 S. Chandler Hist. Persecution 265 The infamous Samarre. 1842 R. H. Barham Auto-da-fé in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 82 Each clothed in a garment more frightful by far, a Smock-frock sort of gaberdine, call'd a Samarra. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Samarran.2 appointment in Samarra n. used to indicate the inevitability of death; also transferred.In W. S. Maugham's play (see quot. 1933), the servant to a merchant meets Death in the marketplace at Baghdad, and flees to Samarra to escape his clutches. When questioned by the merchant, Death explains his surprise at seeing the servant, replying as in quot. 1933. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] hensithOE qualmOE bale-sithea1000 endingc1000 fallOE forthsitheOE soulingOE life's endOE deathOE hethensithc1200 last end?c1225 forthfarec1275 dying1297 finec1300 partingc1300 endc1305 deceasec1330 departc1330 starving1340 passingc1350 latter enda1382 obita1382 perishingc1384 carrion1387 departing1388 finishmentc1400 trespassement14.. passing forthc1410 sesse1417 cess1419 fininga1425 resolutiona1425 departisona1450 passagea1450 departmentc1450 consummation?a1475 dormition1483 debt to (also of) naturea1513 dissolutionc1522 expirationa1530 funeral?a1534 change1543 departure1558 last change1574 transmigration1576 dissolving1577 shaking of the sheets?1577 departance1579 deceasure1580 mortality1582 deceasing1591 waftage1592 launching1599 quietus1603 doom1609 expire1612 expiring1612 period1613 defunctiona1616 Lethea1616 fail1623 dismissiona1631 set1635 passa1645 disanimation1646 suffering1651 abition1656 Passovera1662 latter (last) end1670 finis1682 exitus1706 perch1722 demission1735 demise1753 translation1760 transit1764 dropping1768 expiry1790 departal1823 finish1826 homegoing1866 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 snuffing1922 fade-out1924 thirty1929 appointment in Samarra1934 dirt nap1981 big chill1987 1933 W. S. Maugham Sheppey iii. 112 I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.] 1934 J. O'Hara (title) Appointment in Samarra. 1971 A. Price Alamut Ambush xi. 133 He had ridden out innocently..and had set up his own appointment in Samarra. 1973 Times 28 June 16/8 All Mr Heath's justified complacency as he watches the Labour Party destroying itself will avail him little if, come the next General Election, his own rendezvous with destiny turns out to be an appointment in Samarra. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11731n.21934 |
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