单词 | theomachy |
释义 | theomachyn. a. A striving or warring against God; opposition to the will of God. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > will of > opposition to theomachy1576 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 288 The whole Religion of Papistrie..is Theomachia, and nothing els. 1598 F. Bacon Sacred Medit. in Essaies (new ed.) f. 26v Atheisme and Theomachie rebelleth and mutineth against the power of God. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 3) 484 A theomachie, a desperate warre against heaven. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 134 This theomachy or rebelling against God. b. spec. See quot. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Theomachy, a warring or fighting against the gods, as the old Giants are feigned to have done. 2. A battle or strife among the gods: esp. in reference to that narrated in Homer's Iliad. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > battle among theomachy1858 society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other types of war just war1485 private war1548 preventive wara1626 angelomachy1635 Titanomachy1739 mountain warfarec1800 border-war1809 world war1848 theomachy1858 trench warfare1887 electronic warfare1946 asymmetric conflict1975 cyberwar1992 asymmetrical warfare1995 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer II. ii. 77 When we come to discuss the position of Latona, both generally and in the Theomachy. 1865 W. E. Gladstone Farewell Addr. Edinb. Univ. 29 Xanthos, a river god, appears in the Theomachy. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer vi. §27. 83 Artemis..is sorely belaboured, in the Theomachy, by the strong arm of Hera. Derivatives Hence [or from Greek θεομάχος] theomachist n. /θiːˈɒməkɪst/ one who fights against God. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > will of > opposition to > person anti-goda1680 theomachist1798 1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit. (ed. 5) p. xvi The continued labours of the arch Theomachist of the age,..that..conflict which he maintained, during..a long and impious life, against the spiritual ‘kingdoms of God and of his Christ’. 1871 T. Hardy Desperate Remedies I. viii. 286 To resist fate with the vindictive determination of a Theomachist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1576 |
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