| 单词 | the written word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe written word Phrases the written word. a. The text of the Bible, regarded as having been divinely inspired. Cf. word n. 10b. Frequently with capital initial in Word. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun] Holy Writc900 writeOE God's bookOE writOE bookOE Biblea1300 holy lettrurec1330 scripturec1330 the (sacred or holy) writings1340 gospel1393 worda1425 escripture1489 Holy Write1508 theologya1513 the written word1533 Book of God1548 oracle1548 hand biblea1680 good book1740 sacred book1782 the sacred volume1850 bibliotheca1879 Kitab1885 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] text1393 the written word1533 1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde f. 7v Our faith..will bothe reche it, receyue it, & holde it faste..because the wryten worde of our faith sayth it. 1577 H. Bull tr. M. Luther Comm. 15 Psalmes (new ed.) 236 Let vs not yeld so much to our owne sense and feeling, as to the written word and to the holy Ghost, which pronounceth that with the Lord there is mercie. 1607 S. Hieron Dignitie of Script. in Wks. (1620) I. 79 To make the written word (as it were) the standard or the kings beame, by which to try all doctrine. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xvii. 140 Lay all to the Line and Plummet of the written Word. 1745 J. Wesley Let. 30 Dec. (1931) II. 55 We believe that the threefold order of ministers..is not only authorized by its apostolical institution, but also by the written Word. 1890 Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah Territory) 17 May 673/1 The Romanites..give to genuine tradition the same authority as to the written word. 1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 17 Feb. (Everyday Mag.) 6 d What they see as a lack of doctrinal unity and a ‘watering down of the written Word’. b. Written texts or material, considered collectively; written (as opposed to spoken) language. Cf. the spoken word at spoken adj.1 2d. rare before the 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] i-writeOE bookOE writOE workOE pagine?c1225 lettrurec1330 dite1340 inditing1340 writing1340 scripta1350 dittya1387 stylea1400 scriptiona1425 framec1475 invention1484 piece1533 ditement1556 paperwork1577 composition1603 confection1605 composure?1606 page?1606 the written word1619 performance1665 literature1852 1619 Helpe to Discourse 153 Scripta diu viuunt non ita verba diu. Englished...The written word shall last and be, When th'spoken word is fled. 1897 J. Conrad Art Fiction 630 My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel—it is, before all, to make you see. 1929 Radio Times 29 Nov. 432 Poetry..has its roots in the spoken word: the written word is only a means of saving poetry from the oblivion of time. 1991 K. Waterhouse English our English p. xv Then why, if nobody minds one way or the other whether we can punctuate or spell or construct a sentence, should we impose more stringent standards when it comes to the written word? < as lemmas |
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