单词 | brotherly love |
释义 | > as lemmasbrotherly love b. Of a sentiment, disposition, etc.: characteristic of a brother or brothers, esp. in being affectionate or protective; fraternal. Frequently in brotherly love: love for one's fellow human beings. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > characterized by brotherly love brotherlyeOE fraternala1513 philadelphian1615 the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > brotherly love brotherly loveeOE brother loveOE philadelphya1677 lovey-dovey1946 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) ii. ii. 98 He ða ongon mid broðorlicre lufan heo monian & læran, þæt heo rihte sibbe & lufan him betweonum hæfden. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxx. 329 Broðorlic lufu [L. dilectio fraterna] and yrminga ælmyssylen and lifes clænnys gegearciað þe gode wununge an heofenum. ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 180 Our pees also and concorde brothirly Is sacrifice to God Almyghty. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 77 (MED) The ffourtene is brothyrly concorde..þat norchyth love of creaturys echon. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. LLLiiii Fraternall charite or brotherly loue. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 4 Grett affinitie, alyance and brotherlie kyndnes betuene the Scots and Peichtis. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Pet. i. 7 Adde to godlinesse, brotherly kindnesse. View more context for this quotation 1652 Moderator 47 The association of Churches should arise and bee entertained freely upon the ground and motive of Brotherly care only. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. iii. 115 Who wou'd dream that out of abundant Charity and Brotherly Love shou'd come Steel, Fire, Gibbets, Rods. 1782 Morning Herald & Daily Advertiser 26 Nov. It is time..that the arms which have been lifted against each other, should now embrace with brotherly affection. 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 275/2 It was pretty ornery preaching—all about brotherly love, and such-like tiresomeness. 1966 N. Gordimer Late Bourgeois World 56 Lawyers can attack each other with every sign of bitter ruthlessness over somebody's life—and then sit in brotherly bonhomie at the tea-break. 1999 Piecework Nov. 31/1 Sharing, brotherly love, and pacifism formed the cornerstone of their beliefs. < as lemmas |
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