| 单词 | sorrowful mystery |
| 释义 | > as lemmassorrowful mystery sorrowful mystery n. (also with capital initials) Christian Church (chiefly Roman Catholic Church) each of the five mysteries (mystery n.1 4) relating to the Passion of Christ, commemorated in the rosary.The sorrowful mysteries consist of the agony in Gethsemane, the scourging, the crowning with thorns, the carrying of the cross, and the crucifixion. ΚΠ 1601 R. Verstegan Odes sig. C2v (heading) The second sorowful mysterie. Conteyning the scourging of Christe. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxv. 240 The five next are called the dolorous or sorrowful Mysteries. 1886 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 9 654/2 Some people still cling to the belief that the sign of the Bleeding Heart..is emblematical of the five sorrowful mysteries of the rosary. 1985 S. Currie in D. Helwig & S. Martin 85 Best Canad. Stories 82 They were beginning the first Sorrowful Mystery, ‘The Agony in the Garden’. 2008 Church Times 8 Feb. 18/2 After praying the sorrowful mysteries regularly for many years, I felt sure they could be a door that opened up the meaning of the Passion. < as lemmas |
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