单词 | after church |
释义 | > as lemmasafter church 3. Without article. Public Christian worship taking place in a church; divine service. Frequently in to go to church, after church, at church, etc. Also as a count noun: a ceremony of public worship, a service.In early use difficult to distinguish from sense A. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of churchOE servicelOE rightlOE observancea1250 officec1300 preachingc1350 ritec1350 ceremonyc1380 usea1382 prayerc1384 form1399 ordinancea1400 ordera1425 worship?a1425 worshippingc1443 common prayer1493 common servicea1500 ordinarya1513 celebrity1534 church servicea1555 religious exercise1560 function1564 agend1581 church office1581 liturgy1593 Common Prayer service1648 ritualities1648 ceremonial1672 hierurgy1678 occasion1761 religiosities1834 cursus1865 joss-pidgin1886 worship service1929 OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 40 Man hig [sc. twa mære bec] ræt on circan to micclum wisdome swiðe gewunelice. OE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 140) in Otia Merseiana (1899) 1 135 Gað to cirican gelomlice and settað rodetacn geond eower hus. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 163 Godes sed is godes word; þe men tilien in chireche on salmes and on songes. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 23 (MED) Þu gast to chirche. c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 500 Ȝit I rede we go to chirche, Godes werkes for to worche. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 45 The kynge come fro chirche on a day. 1516 Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. xl When his felowys were at Playe, he wolde be at Churche. 1580 R. Parsons Brief Disc. f. 16v When a Catholick doth come before the Commissioners, ther is nothing asked of him, but when he was at Church, and if he wil promise to goe to Church. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 206 It is tedious to our old age to keepe our Church. 1686 R. Parr Life J. Usher 76 I preached a Sermon there, where this good Bishop was present, after Church, he was pleased to confer with me in private. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 503. ⁋2 As soon as church was done, she immediately stepp'd out. 1729 W. Law Serious Call ii. 26 When he should be at Church. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. vii. xi. 158 I make my poor Lambs read the Bible every Sunday, and go to church in their turn. 1819 Times 19 Feb. 2/5 It was a proof of the want of religion when the proportion of women who attended church was so small. 1870 G. W. Dasent Ann. Eventful Life (ed. 4) II. 287 Between the churches..Auntie used to go down to the school and see the children. 1938 Life 6 June 17/1 Tommy's girl is the prettiest in the county. He meets her after church on Sunday night. 2003 L. F. Winner Mudhouse Sabbath i. 13 There's not enough time between church and Bible study to pull out my laptop and start working. < as lemmas |
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