单词 | the kings of cologne |
释义 | > as lemmasthe (three) kings of Cologne P4. the three kings (also the (three) kings of Cologne) and variants: the three Magi or wise men who came from the East bringing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the infant Jesus (Matthew 2: 1–12). Cf. the three Magi at magus n. 1, the three wise men n. at three adj. and n. Compounds 1.Often associated with Cologne (esp. in earlier use) because their relics are said to be preserved in that city, having been brought there from Milan in 1164. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > Three Kings > [noun] the three kingsOE magusc1175 wise manc1384 Three Kings of Colognec1400 sage1667 the three wise men1867 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. 19 On ðisum dæge wearð Crist mancynne geswutelod, ærest ðam þrym cynegum þe him lac brohton. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7432 Þa þre kingess lakedenn crist..Wiþþ recless. & wiþþ gold. & ec Wiþþ myrra. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 45 Þe þre kinges þe comen of estriche. c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) l. 125 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 95 Þre kinges of ouwer lawe..lok him brouȝten. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 43 Rauph bisshop of Coloyne brouȝt þe bodies of þe [þre] kynges of Coloyne [L. tria magorum corpora] out of Melan. c1450 (?a1370) Wynnere & Wastoure (1990) l. 503 To þe kirke of Colayne þer þe kynges ligges. a1500 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Titus) (1886) 2 [Þe] þree holy and worshipfull kyngis of Coleyn: Iaspar, Melchyor, and Balthaser. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 375 As Culen Kyngis that Christ adorned, Per aliam viam he returned. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Balthasar One of the Magi, or wise-men, vulgarly called the three Kings of Collein. 1699 T. Dorrington Observ. Present State Relig. 328 We were waiting..to see the famous Relicks of the Three Kings. 1728 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. VIII. 154 Three Tombs.., which according to the Tradition of the Place belonged to the three Wise Men.., from hence called the three Kings of Colen. 1795 A. Radcliffe Journey 111 We did not see the tomb of the three kings of Jerusalem, whose bodies are affirmed to have been brought here from Milan in 1162. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. vii. 168 He himself vowed a pilgrimage to the three Kings of Cologne. 1889 J. Whitehead Steward's Handbk. iv. 405/1 The Pudding of the Three Kings—Is a very rich plum pudding... The spices and the good things represent the gifts of the three kings of Cologne. 1944 Life 30 Oct. 2/2 Here are buried the bones of the three kings of Cologne—Kaspar, Melchior and Balthasar. 1978 S. R. Daly tr. J. Ruiz Bk. True Love 407 The three kings came With presents rare and dear To praise and revere. 2015 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 24 Dec. a2 The painting brings together three events central to the story of Christ's birth—the nativity in the manger, the adoration of the shepherds, and the three kings. < as lemmas |
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