单词 | sanctity |
释义 | sanctityn. 1. a. Holiness of life, saintliness. odour of sanctity: see odour n. 5.The phrase sanctity of manners was common in the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > condition of sanctityc1394 sanctimony1541 sainthood1551 saintship1631 saintliness1838 saintdom1842 c1394 P. Pl. Crede 105 Of all men opon mold we Menures most scheweþ Þe pure Apostells life wiþ penance on erþe, And suen hem in saunctite & suffren well harde. a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS 54/98 Heil temple of grace most, Temple of Sauntite [L. templum sanctitatis]. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCiv For otherwyse myght god neuer be conceyued than in purite & sanctite. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 357/2 But woulde God they would ones rather folow him truely in faith & good workes, then in simulacion of like santytie with their holy salutacions. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 12 His kissing is as ful of sanctitie, As the touch of holy bread. View more context for this quotation c1616 R. C. Certaine Poems in Times' Whistle (1871) 141 Puritanes..by whose apparant shew Of sanctity doe greatest evils grow. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvi. 148 From seeing the Extraordinary sanctity of his life. 1686 tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Ignatius vi. 402 Illustrious for his Saintity, his Miracles, and for his Zeal. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 349. ¶8 One who does not resemble him [sc. Sir T. More] as well in the chearfulness of his Temper, as in the sanctity of Life and Manners. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 116 The master of the pack Cries —— Well done, saint! and claps him on the back. Is this the path of sanctity? Is this To stand a way-mark in the road to bliss? 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 260 Fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 216 A few of them [sc. bishops] were men of eminent sanctity. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 697 He committed this base action with all the forms of sanctity. 1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. iii. 34 Alexander had no liking for Becket..and had no belief in the lately assumed airs of sanctity. b. plural. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [noun] > instance of holyc950 halidomc1000 sanctitudes1554 sanctities1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 247 The very opener and intelligencer, Betweene the grace, the sanctities of heauen, And our dull workings. View more context for this quotation 1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 366/1 The coalition of the better Jude with Simon—clubbing (as it were) their sanctities together, to make up one poor gaudy-day between them. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 217 The priest translated the..sanctities of old hagiology into English virtues. c. The rank of a (canonized) saint. rare. ΚΠ 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. ii. 418 Saints at length multiplying thus beyond measure, the Pope assumed the prerogative of advancing to the successive ranks of Beatitude and Sanctity. 2. a. The quality of being sacred or hallowed; sacredness, claim to (religious) reverence; inviolability. 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 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. iii. 12 The maiestie and inuiolable sanctitie of the Temple, honoured ouer all the world. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 353 This youth that you see heere, I snatch'd one halfe out of the iawes of death, Releeu'd him with such sanctitie of loue [printed Ioue] . View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen iii, in R. Howard Four New Plays 156 Princes are sacred. Zemp. True, whilst they are free; But power once lost, farewell their sanctity. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 487 On she came, Led by her Heav'nly Maker, though unseen, And guided by his voice, nor uninformd Of nuptial Sanctitie and marriage Rites. View more context for this quotation 1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 32 The idea of sanctity, which the Britains by a long course of hereditary reverence had annexed to that island. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 211 It [sc. the Ganges] is not only esteemed by the Indians for the depth, and pureness of its stream, but for a supposed sanctity which they believe to be in its waters. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 153/2 His affirmations have the sanctity of an oath. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) v. 240 Gerizim, the oldest sanctuary in Palestine, retained its sanctity to the end. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times ii. 52 Stonehenge was at one time a spot of great sanctity. 1888 D. C. Murray Weaker Vessel I. xiii. 208 We have grown quite accustomed nowadays to the invasion of what used to be called the sanctity of private life. b. plural. Sacred obligations, feelings, etc.; also quasi-concrete, objects possessing sanctity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > property > [noun] temporalty1396 spiritualtyc1400 spirituality1468 temporalitiesc1475 temporala1525 sanctimoniesa1547 Guardian of the Spiritualties (also Spiritualty)1562 temporaries1596 guaca1604 sanctities1815 sacra1819 spiritual1827 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone v. 89 Bear it to Bolton Priory, And lay it on Saint Mary's shrine,—To wither in the sun and breeze Mid those decaying Sanctities. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. xvi. 210 Christian love which dreads to tamper with the sanctities of a brother's conscience. a1890 R. W. Church Oxf. Movement (1891) iii. 41 He saw in it [Milton's poetry] only an intrusion into the most sacred of sanctities. 1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 330 Woman completes her destiny by occupying herself with the industries and sanctities of the home. 3. = holiness n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] popeeOE apostoilec1275 vicary1303 vicar1340 bridge maker1341 Antichristc1370 vicar generalc1386 Holy Fatherc1400 servant of the servants of Godc1405 His Holy Fatherhood?a1425 universal bishopc1475 holiness1502 harlot1535 papa1555 Apostolic seat1560 vicegerent1572 man of Rome1581 pontiff1583 bullman1588 apostolicship1599 Pontifex Maximus1610 infallibleship1613 sanctity1633 popeship1641 decretaliarch1656 blessedness1670 Holy seata1674 infallibilityship1679 pontifexa1680 holyshipc1680 unholiness1682 His Infallibility1834 Pape1927 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. vii. 177 The petition to the Popes sanctitie. 1897 Daily Record (Glasgow) 21 Sept. 5/1 An encyclical from the Armenian Patriarch was read, in which his Sanctity exhorts the faithful to continue faithful to the Sultan. 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