| 单词 | to curse by bell, book, and candle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto curse by bell, book, and candle 8. by bell and book, book and bell (i.e. those used in the service of the mass): a frequent asseveration in the Middle Ages. to curse by bell, book, and candle: referring to a form of excommunication which closed with the words, ‘Doe to the book, quench the candle, ring the bell!’ Also used as summarizing the resources of the hierarchy against heretics, or the terrors of excommunication; and humorously, to indicate the accessories of a religious ceremony. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17110 Curced in kirc þan sal þai be wid candil, boke, and bell. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3023 So bus the do, by bel and boke. c1420 Anters Arth. iii That borne was in Burgoyne, be boke and by belle. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley ii. sig. D3 I haue a Priest will mumble vp a marriage, Without bell, booke, or candle. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iii. 12 Bell, Booke, & Candle, shall not driue me back, When gold and siluer becks me to come on! View more context for this quotation 1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 45 The Field-Preachers damned this Bond with Bell, Book, and Candle. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 155 Hold thy hand, on pain of bell, book, and candle. < as lemmas |
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