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单词 tetragrammaton
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Tetragrammatonn.

Brit. /ˌtɛtrəˈɡramət(ə)n/, /ˌtɛtrəˈɡramətɒn/, U.S. /ˌtɛtrəˈɡræməˌtɑn/
Forms: Plural Tetragrammata.
Etymology: < Greek (τὸ) τετραγράμματον (Philo 2. 152), ‘the (word) of four letters’, neuter of τετραγράμματος, adjective < τετρα- four + γραμμα(τ- letter.
a. A word of four letters; spec. the Hebrew word written yhwh or jhvh (vocalized as ya hwe h, ja hve h, or je ho va h); often substituted for that word (regarded as ineffable), and treated as a mysterious symbol of the name of God; sometimes used as a title of the Deity (see quot. 1689).
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > a title of > personality or title of
deityc1374
Tetragrammatona1400
godship1533
godhood1586
divinityship1689
deityship1694
tetragram1870
superpersonality1882
a1400–50 Alexander 1592 Þe grettest of all gods names, Þis title, Tetragramaton.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ccc.iiij/1 Among all the names of God that is the most excellent, whiche they call Tetragrammaton, that is, (if wee may so saye) the foure lettered name.
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Cjv Some call him mightie Tetragrammaton Of letters fower in composition.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 61 The Tetragrammaton or adoreable Mystery of the Patriarchs.
1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 44 But the tremenduos Tetragrammaton Will not, not always be a looker on.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) I. 463 The Quaternion is the holy Tetragrammaton, the same awful name variously pronounced among the sons of men: whether Jeva, Isis, Jove, Θεος, Zeus, or Deus; or..Tien, Alla, Dios, Idio, Dieu, or Lord; for these are all Tetragrammata.
1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter vi. 300 The earliest Greek copies reproduced the Tetragrammaton.
b. gen. with a and plural. A word of four letters used as a symbol.
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society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > four letter word used as symbol
Tetragrammaton1656
society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others
Samian letter1616
A1651
Tetragrammaton1656
arrow1744
arrowhead1832
wind1847
scarlet letter1850
sun wheel1865
sacred axe1866
rising sun1868
crow's foot1871
Easter rabbit1881
hexagram1882
sun sign1882
Easter bunny1900
Staffordshire knot1908
sinsigna1914
tectiform1921
padma1954
smiley face1957
happy face1971
lexigram1973
emoticon1988
smiley1989
1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1712) 50 In a Tetragrammaton there are five Parts, four Letters, and the Tittle Jod, from which come Nephesh, Ruach, Neschamah, Chajah, and Jachidah, five Persons of the Soul.
1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 17 Our English tongue as well as the Hebrew hath a Tetragrammaton, whereby God may be named; to wit, Good.
c. figurative. An emblem or symbol of something sacred. Obsolete. rare.
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society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > [noun]
Tetragrammaton1601
hierograph1835
symbol1845
1601 A. Copley Answere to Let. Iesuited Gentleman 79 They are so passing vain-glorious a Societie, that call ye it the verie Tetragrammaton of the Catholicke church.
d. as adj. Consisting of four letters. Obsolete.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > of title of
Tetragrammatona1610
a1610 G. Babington Expos. Catholike Faith ii, in Wks. (1615) ii. 244 O name that cannot bee expressed! O name truly tetragrammaton!
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 50 The Tetragrammaton name of the Almightie.

Derivatives

tetragraˈmmatical adj. Obsolete consisting of four letters; pertaining to the or a tetragrammaton.
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society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > word or form with specific number of letters
quadriliteral1650
triliteral1751
tetragrammatical1759
biliteral1791
quinqueliteral1793
uniliteral1828
monographic1953
1759 J. Yeomans Abecedarian (title page) A Discourse on the Word, or A-Tau, tetragrammatical.
tetragrammaˈtonic adj. [irregularly for -atic] of or pertaining to the tetragrammaton.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Tetragrammatonic.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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