| 单词 | the brethren |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Brethren b. In plural, chiefly as the Brethren. The members of the early Christian church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [noun] > person > collective the BrethreneOE godly1650 holiness1888 eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) xlix. §3. 42 Ða apostolas & þa eldran broðor [L. seniores fratres] hælo eow wyscað. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xviii. 18 Poul.., seiynge far wel to bretheren [L. fratris], by boot cam to Sirie. 1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Acts xviii. 18 Paul..toke his leave of the brethren. 1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye ii. sig. p.vv In the Apostles time, they bestowed their almes on the godlye poore. And Paule, ofte gathered for the brethren at Hierusalem. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xi. 29 The disciples, euery man according to his abilitie, determined to send reliefe vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea. View more context for this quotation 1681 E. Hickeringill Naked Truth: Pt. II. 35 St. Paul indeed went to visit the Brethren. 1740 N. Lardner Credibility Gospel Hist.: Pt. II. IV. i. xliii. 580 Novatus..endeavoured to cast the blame of all he had done upon some of the brethren. 1855 A. P. Stanley Epist. St. Paul to Corinthians II. 142 His heart was lighted up at his meeting with the brethren at Appii Forum. a1889 J. B. Lightfoot Notes on Epist. St. Paul (1904) 156 St. Paul was generally attended by one or more of the brethren. 1946 Bible (R.S.V.) Philipp. iv. 21 The brethren who are with me greet you. 2009 M. Sleeman Geogr. & Ascension Narr. in Acts 213 The brethren rally around Saul. < as lemmas |
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