| 单词 | wake-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswake-house wake-house n. †(a) ? a house of vigil, or prayer; (b) Anglo-Irish (see quot. 1814). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > other > [noun] > vigil or prayer building wake-house1677 the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > vigil or wake > place wake-house1814 1677 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 308 This Church or Wake House stands upon Ground Given to ye Church. 1814 W. S. Mason Statist. Acct. Ireland I. 318 Whenever a person of any respectability dies, two wake houses are laid out, in one of which is placed the deceased,..in the other are assembled all the young people..who entertain themselves with every species of frolic and amusement. 1856 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro (1867) xiv. 66 The wake-house drama of Old Dowd and his Daughters. < as lemmas |
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