单词 | voteen |
释义 | voteenn. Irish English. A devout or zealously religious person, a devotee. Also (esp. in later use): a sanctimonious or ostentatiously pious person. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [noun] > person Cananaean1483 votary1576 Canaanite1611 spiritato1613 zealist1614 zelant1624 zeal1631 religionist1651 ecstatic1659 rapturist1665 religioner1808 subject1820 voteen1825 zealator1867 1825 London Lit. Gaz. 17 Dec. 804/1 A woman sold to each pilgrim or voteen a handful of earth, assuring the purchaser that it was the real ashes of the Saint. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 29 Up near the altar..you might perceive a voteen repeating some new prayer or choice piece of devotion. 1867 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro xli. 333 He had considered his neighbour a voteen and twaddler. 1993 C. Palmer Renegade Flame vii. 125 Oh, Moira, when will you stop being such a voteen? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1825 |
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