单词 | bridegroomship |
释义 | bridegroomshipn. Now rare. The state or condition of being a bridegroom; the status or position of bridegroom.Frequently in figurative and Christian contexts; cf. bridegroom n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bridegroom > position of bridegroomship1548 1548 W. Lynne tr. Urbanus Regius Declararation Twelue Articles Christen Faythe sig. Eiijv Therfore is hys progresse as concernynge brydegromeshyppe [Ger. als aines Breütigams]..his manifestacion in the fayth of the churche. 1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. ii. ii. f. 44v As touching the bridegromeship, we saye and beleue, that..Christ is the only bridegrome of the church his spouse. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 22 It is not said, Let the Bridegroom go out of his Bridegroom-ship, but onely out of his Chamber. 1950 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 40 359/1 (gloss.) Baraviiṃ, bridegroomship. 1997 J. Haien Matters of Chance (1998) ii. 15 During the prolonged, absorbed season of his bridegroomship, he had fallen away from the habit [of reading]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1548 |
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