单词 | self-devotement |
释义 | † self-devotementn. Obsolete. The action or fact of devoting oneself or one's life to a person or cause; self-devotion. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > willingness to sacrifice oneself > self-sacrifice self-sacrifice1535 self-devotion1612 self-sacrificing1621 self-devoting1668 self-giving1668 self-devotement1780 self-devotedness1793 1780 C. Polhill Refl. Short Hist. Opposition 3 His Resolution and Self-devotement, (as it may, without great Impropriety, be stiled) is represented by this impartial writer, as an ‘absolute want of Prudence’. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Characters 23/1 To acquiesce cheerfully to this species of self-devotement. 1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations II. ii. vi. 293 That Jehovah..through a mysterious self-devotement shadowed out by the rite of sacrifice,..would reconcile man to God. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 10 42 The love, obedience, and self-devotement of a holy personality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1780 |
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