单词 | book of life |
释义 | > as lemmasbook of life book of life n. (also †book of livers, book of (the) living, †life's book, †life's books) (in biblical language and allusive use) a record of the names of those to be rewarded with eternal life. [In book of life after post-classical Latin liber vitae (Vulgate, e.g. Philippians 4:3, Revelation 20:12), itself after Hellenistic Greek βίβλος ζωῆς, βιβλίον ζωῆς (New Testament: Philippians 4:3, Revelation 20:12, respectively); in book of livers, book of the living after post-classical Latin liber viventium (Vulgate, e.g. Psalm 68:29).] ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > imaginary or reputed book book of lifeOE book1561 tome1610 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) ii. 192 Þæt ure naman beon awritene on lifes bec mid his gecorenum. OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 22 Sept. 215 Þa oðra noman syndon awritene on heofenum on lifes bocum. OE Hymns (Durh. B.iii.32) xcv. 8 in I. Milfull Hymns of Anglo-Saxon Church (1996) 351 Nostraque simul nomina in libro vitae conserat : & ure samod naman on bec lifes he gesette. a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Jesus Oxf.) 376 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 71 On him heo schullen fynden al þat mon may luste And on lyues bee [read bec; a1225 Digby in liue boc] iseon al þat heo her nusten. c1300 St. Mark (Laud) 32 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 363 Þi name is i-write in eche boke of liue. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms lxviii. 29 Fro the boc of lyueres [L. de libro viventium]. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lxviii. 33 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 200/1 Of boke of liuand [L. de libro viventium] be þai done awai. a1450 Lessons of Dirige (Digby) 111 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 111 In bok of lyf þo þat be named To ioye of heuene mon be sent. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxlvi. §4. 484 All thaire namys ere writen in the boke of life. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxviii. D Let them be wyped out of ye boke of the lyuinge, & not be written amonge the rightuous. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 194 If euer I were traitour, My name be blotted from the booke of life . View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Rev. iii. 5 I will not blot out his name out of the booke of life [Gk. ἐκ τῆς βίβλου τῆς ζωῆς] . View more context for this quotation 1684 T. Hockin Disc. God's Decrees 359 Some bold Fiduciaries..confidently pretend that their names are certainly written in the Book of Life. a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 102 Each Grain of Charitable Gold, Is in the Book of Life enroll'd. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 161/1 A prophet ought not to pronounce against their nation the prophecies with which he was inspired; but was rather to beg of God to expunge his name out of the book of the living. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. ix. ix. 293 It was as if he stood face to face in the presence, confessing every sin that the recording angel had written in the ancient volume of the Book of Life against him. 1898 K. Drumgoold in H. L. Gates Six Women's Slave Narr. (1988) 10 A few years later and mother's name was enrolled in the Lambs' Book of Life, for she gladly answered to the roll call and fell asleep in the arms of Jesus. 1934 in J. A. Lomax & A. Lomax Amer. Ballads xvi. 411 No maverick or slick will be tallied In that great book of life in His home. 2000 T. LaHaye & J. B. Jenkins Mark xix. 347 To me the Book of the Living is a picture of the mercy of God. < as lemmas |
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