单词 | well-concerned |
释义 | > as lemmaswell-concerned b. In the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers): experiencing a feeling, arising from an insight into the divine will, that action must be taken on a particular matter. Frequently in well-concerned. Cf. concern n. 4b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [adjective] > under concern concerned1680 1680 W. Rogers Christian-Quaker Pref. to Rdr. sig. (D4)v I shall lay down the Considerations attending me, when I became Conscientiously concerned so to do. 1699 Epist. to Friends 17 After the Meeting for the worship of God was over, then Men, Friends, and Antient concerned Women, to meet together, and consider of this weighty matter. 1797 Jrnl. Life, Travels & Gospel Labours J. Scott iii. 54 I found many well concerned brethren, who seemed to have little or nothing of these scruples. 1830 Friend 15 May 248/2 He appears to be a concerned Friend; a diligent attender not only of his own particular meeting, but also the monthly meeting. 1896 Brit. Friend Feb. 38/2 Educated, well-concerned women Friends might find openings for useful service in Board Schools, Workhouse Schools, and Prison Wards. 1905 Friends' Intelligencer 13 May 301/1 Evening Meetings... The subject will be ‘The Concerned Citizen and Present-day Politics’. 1935 J. Rickman in P. King No Ordinary Psychoanalyst (2003) xv. 288 The feeling of unity with the community that this gives the Concerned Friend being communicated back to those who endorse the Concern. 2013 E. Cazden in S. W. Angell & P. Dandelion Oxf. Handbk. Quaker Stud. xxiii. 360 Throughout the country concerned Friends joined, and in some cases led, community campaigns to promote desegregation and racial justice. < as lemmas |
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