| 单词 | st james the more |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSt James (also St Mary, etc.) the More g. [After post-classical Latin maior major adj.] Chiefly with the. The elder (of two brothers, etc.). Also in St James (also St Mary, etc.) the More. Opposed to less adj. 1e. Now only in the names of churches. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > senior person > [adjective] morelOE senior?a1475 sen.1676 senr.1763 primus1765 ma1791 majorc1823 maximus1848 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] > of two morelOE majorc1390 lOE tr. Trinubium Sanctae Annae in W. Keller Probleme der Englischen Sprache u. Kultur (1925) 116 Maria, þæs læsse Jacobes moder, and Maria, þæs mare Jacobes moder and Johannes þæs godspelleres, and Maria seo Magdalenissce, sohten urne drihten mid smerigeles inne his þruge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3486 (MED) O þir tua breþer..Þe less þe mare laght be þe fote. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21009 [I]ohn and iacob þe mar. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Gen. xxvii. 1 And he clepide Esau, his moor sone [L. filium suum majorem]. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. 294 The firste of Maie is hallowed for Philippe and James the more. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits ix. 122 Of the same opinion was Cato the more. 1911 F. G. Brabant Berkshire 216 St. Mary the More, in the market-place, has been rebuilt except the massive tower. < as lemmas |
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