单词 | to make one's soul |
释义 | > as lemmasto make one's soul 74. transitive. Originally Irish English. to make one's soul: to devote one's efforts to the saving of one's soul; to repent and be converted; to attend confession. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > save, redeem [verb (intransitive)] > repent and be converted to make one's soul1818 1818 C. R. Maturin Women III. 313 To-night I must make my soul, and that's enough for a parting sinner to have to do. 1836 in C. Forster Life Bp. Jebb (ed. 2) ii. 112 Make your soul; there is no time to lose; you will die next November. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 45/1 What's all you can get here compared to making your sowl. 1867 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro 209 Maybe it would be betther for me to think of mekin' me sowl. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man ii. v. 271 He is not, in our religious phrase, making his soul. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 179 Make one's soul, to go to confession. 1960 E. Bowen Time in Rome i. 17 Need to tone up in fresh air, to make one's soul or reflect in calm. 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 37 He didn't have to ‘make his soul’, like other people. < as lemmas |
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