单词 | the maid of god |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Maid of God (also of Orleans) c. [After Middle French la Pucelle (see pucelle n.).] the Maid of God (also of Orleans): Joan of Arc. Also simply the Maid and figurative. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > particular saints > [noun] > Joan of Arc the Maid of God1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxiijv This wytch or manly woman, (called the maide of God) the Frenchemen greatly glorified. 1689 J. Heath Eng. Chron. 152 Joan, called by the French, the Maid of God. 1723 C. MacLaurin Let. 7 Apr. in J. Jurin Corr. (1996) 145 Where 'tis said the famous maid of Orleans was born. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iv. 343 Then the Maid Fix'd on the warrior her reproving eye. 1849 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. (1855) IV. i. 17/2 The maid of Orleans..led the assailants. 1875 J. Gairdner Houses Lancaster & York (ed. 2) vii. 130 Rumours of the..miracles of the Maid were repeated even in the English camp. 1903 S. J. Weyman Long Night xiii. 181 Such a feeling as the rough spearsmen of the Orléannais had for Joan the maid. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. ii. 342 We can stand with the Maid as she scorns her judges. 1990 R. Blount First Hubby 133 I was..already in love..with a Maid of Orleans whose cause I believed in. < as lemmas |
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