单词 | sanctitude |
释义 | sanctituden. 1. a. The quality of being holy or saint-like; holiness, sanctity. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [noun] halidom971 holiness971 blessedheada1300 holiheada1300 holite14.. sanctitudea1525 sanctimony1583 sanctity1611 spiritualty1618 sacrosanctity1650 odour of sanctityc1684 sacredness1686 hallowedness1828 sacrosanctness1876 sanctifiableness1894 sacrality1958 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 96 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 Be ye rud I am richt rad For to behald ȝour halyness or my tale tell I may nocht suffyss to se ȝour sanctitud sad. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 682 Insufficient I am for to discrywe Hir sanctitude, and eik hir halie lyfe. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. E Pope...Find the man that doth this villany, Or by our sanctitude you all shall die. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 293 In thir looks Divine The image of thir glorious Maker shon, Truth, Wisdome, Sanctitude severe and pure. View more context for this quotation 1738 H. Brooke tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem ii. 26 For ill the Wizard's pedant Arts retain That Sanctitude which Macon's Laws ordain, Whose Tenets, all replete with Lore divine, Prohibit Idols from his hallow'd Shrine. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed ii, in Tales Crusaders II. 43 Whether he goes to the crusade or abides at home, the character of Hugh Lacy will remain as unimpeached in point of courage as that of the Archbishop Baldwin in point of sanctitude. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 153/1 [Tooke] The sanctitude of Milton's genius gave it [sc. our language] support, until the worst of French invasions overthrew it. 1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 65 Through rhythmic years evolving like a psalm Of infinite love and faith and sanctitude. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [noun] > instance of holyc950 halidomc1000 sanctitudes1554 sanctities1600 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5862 in Wks. (1931) I That day, ȝour faynit Sanctytudis Sall nocht be knawin be ȝour Hudis. 2. = sanctimony n. 1b. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > purity chastity1760 sanctimony1830 sanctitude1855 chasteness1889 1855 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 569/2 His manners ill corresponded with the austerity and sanctitude of his style. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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