blood brothern.

Brit.

/ˈblʌd brʌðə/, U.S.

/ˈbləd ˌbrəðər/

Inflections: Plural blood brothers, blood brethren.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., brother n.

Etymology: < blood n. + brother n.

1. A fellow Christian regarded as a spiritual brother, bound by the spilling of Christ's blood. Cf. brother n. 8a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > brotherly love > relationship between blood-brothers > blood-brother

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c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. l. 109 (MED) At caluarie of cristes blood..blod-breþrene by-cam we.

1916 Princeton Theol. Rev. July 508 What makes Christians blood-brothers is not the common experience of redemption in the blood of Christ..but a ‘common devotion to their Master’.

1981 A. M. Allchin Dynamic of Trad. 46 All men are Christ's blood brethren, not only those who are baptized.

1998 P. G. Brown Preaching from Pew iv. 103 It is in coming to the Table of our Lord that we become ‘blood’ brothers and sisters with Christ and with each other.

2006 Northern Echo (Nexis) 13 June 12 We are all blood brothers in Christ, One big happy family.

2. A man or boy sharing at least one birth parent with another person; a brother by birth. Also figurative and in extended use (cf. blood relation n.).

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1799 W. Dalrymple Solomon's Ethics xxviii. 155 There is a friend of this sort that sticketh closer in beneficent affection, than a blood-brother.

1824 Triumphal Arch 63 I've seen him bind up a poor soldier's wound and ask him about his wife and children, just the same as if he had been his own blood brother instead of his General.

1875 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. Jan. 2 Virgil's familiar rendering of Death and Sleep as blood-brothers carries us back to the theology of the poet of Ascra.

1933 Amer. Mercury May 64/1 They try to convince the blackamoors..that they are really not Ethiops at all, but blood-brothers to the Nordics.

1976 J. D. Andrew Major Film Theories Introd. 5 Like its blood brother ‘genre criticism’, it [sc. Auteur theory] organizes our film history for us.

2004 J. Trigilio & K. Brighenti Everything Bible Bk. xx. 232 Some Protestant Christians consider James to be a blood brother or half-brother to Jesus.

3. A man or boy who has pledged to treat another with loyalty or trust, typically in a ceremony involving the mingling of blood; (also in weakened sense) a trusted friend or companion.

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1853 Graham's Mag. 42 547/2 Two young men..famous for their deeds, and, according to the northern custom, bound together by solemn oaths as ‘blood brothers’.

1885 Cent. Mag. July 437/2 Several powerful chiefs made him their ‘blood brother’.

1905 H. W. Wack Story Congo Free State 160 Stanley was made blood-brother to so many African chiefs that at last his arm was well scored with incisions.

1961 N. Roy Black Albino i. 13 I cannot forget those words which once made us blood brothers.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 May c1/4 They're buddies. Best friends. Blood brothers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blood brother
释义	blood brothern. Brit. /ˈblʌd brʌðə/, U.S. /ˈbləd ˌbrəðər/ Inflections: Plural blood brothers, blood brethren. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., brother n. Etymology: < blood n. + brother n. 1. A fellow Christian regarded as a spiritual brother, bound by the spilling of Christ's blood. Cf. brother n. 8a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > brotherly love > relationship between blood-brothers > blood-brother blood brotherc1400 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. l. 109 (MED) At caluarie of cristes blood..blod-breþrene by-cam we. 1916 Princeton Theol. Rev. July 508 What makes Christians blood-brothers is not the common experience of redemption in the blood of Christ..but a ‘common devotion to their Master’. 1981 A. M. Allchin Dynamic of Trad. 46 All men are Christ's blood brethren, not only those who are baptized. 1998 P. G. Brown Preaching from Pew iv. 103 It is in coming to the Table of our Lord that we become ‘blood’ brothers and sisters with Christ and with each other. 2006 Northern Echo (Nexis) 13 June 12 We are all blood brothers in Christ, One big happy family. 2. A man or boy sharing at least one birth parent with another person; a brother by birth. Also figurative and in extended use (cf. blood relation n.). ΚΠ 1799 W. Dalrymple Solomon's Ethics xxviii. 155 There is a friend of this sort that sticketh closer in beneficent affection, than a blood-brother. 1824 Triumphal Arch 63 I've seen him bind up a poor soldier's wound and ask him about his wife and children, just the same as if he had been his own blood brother instead of his General. 1875 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. Jan. 2 Virgil's familiar rendering of Death and Sleep as blood-brothers carries us back to the theology of the poet of Ascra. 1933 Amer. Mercury May 64/1 They try to convince the blackamoors..that they are really not Ethiops at all, but blood-brothers to the Nordics. 1976 J. D. Andrew Major Film Theories Introd. 5 Like its blood brother ‘genre criticism’, it [sc. Auteur theory] organizes our film history for us. 2004 J. Trigilio & K. Brighenti Everything Bible Bk. xx. 232 Some Protestant Christians consider James to be a blood brother or half-brother to Jesus. 3. A man or boy who has pledged to treat another with loyalty or trust, typically in a ceremony involving the mingling of blood; (also in weakened sense) a trusted friend or companion. ΚΠ 1853 Graham's Mag. 42 547/2 Two young men..famous for their deeds, and, according to the northern custom, bound together by solemn oaths as ‘blood brothers’. 1885 Cent. Mag. July 437/2 Several powerful chiefs made him their ‘blood brother’. 1905 H. W. Wack Story Congo Free State 160 Stanley was made blood-brother to so many African chiefs that at last his arm was well scored with incisions. 1961 N. Roy Black Albino i. 13 I cannot forget those words which once made us blood brothers. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 May c1/4 They're buddies. Best friends. Blood brothers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400
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