| 单词 | sunday daughter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSunday daughter Sunday daughter n. (also †Sunday's daughter) figurative (now historical) (as a term of praise) a female disciple pre-eminent above all others.Only in and with reference to the words of Roger of Markyate in the anonymous 12th-cent. Latin Life of Christina of Markyate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > fortunate person or thing > fortunate person Sunday daughtera1350 white hen1540 fortunateling1605 fortunate1615 lucky dog1682 Sunday child1800 tin-back1899 a1350 (?c1155) Life Christina of Markyate (1959) 106 Et ad virginem, letare mecum, [Rogerus] ait anglico sermone, [my]n sunendaege dohter, quod latine dicitur, mea dominice diei filia, eo quod ceteris omnibus quas Christo genuerat aut nutrierat, Christinam plus amaret: quantum dominica dies reliquis septimane feriis honorabilitate pre[staret]. a1400 in H. T. Riley Chronica Monasterii S. Albani (1870) IV. ii. 99 ‘Lætare mecum,’ ait sermone vulgari,—‘Myn gode Sonendayes doȝhter,’ id est,—‘Mea bona Dominicæ diei filia.’ 1970 J. Fines Who's Who in Middle Ages 60/2 He [sc. Roger] called her his Sunday daughter, and was plainly attached to her. < as lemmas |
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