单词 | unregeneracy |
释义 | unregeneracyn. The state or condition of being unregenerate or unreformed, esp. spiritually. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [noun] > absence of unregeneration?1574 unregeneracy1612 irregeneracy1641 unregeneratedness1642 irregenerationa1654 1612 R. Hill in R. Greenham Wks. (ed. 5) iv. i. 390 Sinne..shall neuer beare such sway ouer them, as in the time of their vnregeneracie it did. 1622 W. Whately Gods Husbandry (new ed.) ii. 118 A man in his vtter vnregeneracy is dead in sinne. 1688 J. Bunyan Good News for Vilest of Men 55 Paul was the most outragious of all the Apostles, in the time of his unregeneracy. 1793 A. Fuller Calvinistic & Socinian Syst. Examined & Compared xi. 222 We do not therefore conceive of ourselves, during our unregeneracy, as having been merely stained by a few imperfections, but as altogether polluted. 1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 293 He derives no benefit from the external sign, remaining still..in a state of unregeneracy. 1870 Athenæum 19 Nov. 652 Ned went to Astley's in the blackest state of unregeneracy. 1951 Mich. Alumnus Q. Rev. 57 366/1 Carnality is still thought of as the inescapable concomitant of bodiliness, not..the result of unregeneracy. 1995 Observer 8 Oct. (Review section) 15/1 Norman Lamont brazenly quoted Piaf to advertise his own unregeneracy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1612 |
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