英语词汇“to kiss the book”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to kiss the book, i.e. the Bible, New Testament, or Gospels, in taking an oath (cf. book n. 3a).

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1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20^v I shall true constable be..so helpe me god and my holydome, and kysse the boke.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 141 Come, sweare to that: kisse the Booke .

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. (1809) vi. 235 After this the king or queen..shall say, ‘The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep: so help me God’: and then shall kiss the book.

1899 W. Besant Orange Girl ii. xii. 255 After kissing the Testament..he turned an unblushing front to the Prosecutor.

单词	to kiss the book
释义	> as lemmas to kiss the book a. to kiss the book, i.e. the Bible, New Testament, or Gospels, in taking an oath (cf. book n. 3a). ΚΠ 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20^v I shall true constable be..so helpe me god and my holydome, and kysse the boke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 141 Come, sweare to that: kisse the Booke . View more context for this quotation 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. (1809) vi. 235 After this the king or queen..shall say, ‘The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep: so help me God’: and then shall kiss the book. 1899 W. Besant Orange Girl ii. xii. 255 After kissing the Testament..he turned an unblushing front to the Prosecutor. extracted from kissv. < as lemmas
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