英语词汇“seven champions”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Seven Champions n. (also with lower-case initials) (with the) Saints George, Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James the Great, and Anthony of Padua, as the patron saints of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Spain, and Italy respectively, considered as heroic warriors and often depicted together in Christian literature, art, or folklore; more fully Seven Champions of Christendom.The legends of the Seven Champions were first grouped together by Richard Johnson (1573–1659): see quot. 1596.In later use, St Anthony is sometimes referred to in this context in his role as patron saint of Portugal, as he is no longer associated with the patronage of Italy.

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Seven Champions1596

1596 R. Johnson (title) The most famous history of the seauen champions of Christendome.

1730 J. Miller Humours Oxf. ii. i. 27 I demolished more Enchanted Castles, slew more Giants, and fought more Combats, for the sake of the Ladies—than all the Seven Champions.

1885 Era 24 Jan. 9/4 It is..admirably played by the two hundred children who represent the various characters. The Seven Champions are now mounted, and look grand on horseback in their glittering armour and attended by their squires.

2005 D. A. L. Morgan in St George's Chapel, Windsor iv. 51 St George..is projected onto the wider canvas of the world at large, as captain of the Seven Champions of Christendom.

单词	seven champions
释义	> as lemmas Seven Champions Seven Champions n. (also with lower-case initials) (with the) Saints George, Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James the Great, and Anthony of Padua, as the patron saints of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Spain, and Italy respectively, considered as heroic warriors and often depicted together in Christian literature, art, or folklore; more fully Seven Champions of Christendom.The legends of the Seven Champions were first grouped together by Richard Johnson (1573–1659): see quot. 1596.In later use, St Anthony is sometimes referred to in this context in his role as patron saint of Portugal, as he is no longer associated with the patronage of Italy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > particular saints > [noun] > national saints Seven Champions1596 1596 R. Johnson (title) The most famous history of the seauen champions of Christendome. 1730 J. Miller Humours Oxf. ii. i. 27 I demolished more Enchanted Castles, slew more Giants, and fought more Combats, for the sake of the Ladies—than all the Seven Champions. 1885 Era 24 Jan. 9/4 It is..admirably played by the two hundred children who represent the various characters. The Seven Champions are now mounted, and look grand on horseback in their glittering armour and attended by their squires. 2005 D. A. L. Morgan in St George's Chapel, Windsor iv. 51 St George..is projected onto the wider canvas of the world at large, as captain of the Seven Champions of Christendom. extracted from sevenadj.n. < as lemmas
随便看	to be in the shithouse to be in the shitter to be in the stead of to be in the tank to be in the thinking of to be in the way to be in the way mid to be in the way of to be in the way of a person to be in the way of a thing to be in the wolf's mouth to be in the wood to be in the world but not of it to be in there to be in touch to be in trouble to be in two in (also of several minds, etc) to be in two in twenty minds several minds, etc) to be in two minds several minds, etc) to be in use to be in veneration to be in way of to be in way with to be in wear to be in will

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