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单词 well-dying
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well-dyingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., dying n.
Etymology: < well adv. + dying n.
Obsolete.
The action, practice, or art of facing death with fortitude and equanimity, in accordance with Christian teaching.
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1576 G. Gascoigne tr. Pope Innocent III Let. teaching Remedies against Bytternesse of Death in Droomme of Doomes Day sig. S.vi And if that knowledge be worth the learning.., none can be compared with the Scyence of well dying, the fruite whereof is comfort, and lyfe neuer endynge.
1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 48 Hee that liues ill, seldome dyes well. Liue well, and you cannot but die well: practise well doing, and you shall haue the comfort of well dying.
1695 tr. F. Spanheim Funeral Oration Mary II 37 in tr. Coll. Funeral-orations Mary II Here I am ready to submit to what-ever pleases God the Disposer of my Life and Death. I am not now to learn that difficult Art of Well-dying.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

well-dyingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., dying adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + dying adj. Compare earlier well-dying n.
Obsolete. rare.
That faces death with fortitude and equanimity. Cf. well-dying n.
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1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 68 But to assure there are ioyes in death What saith the Scripture vnto well dying men?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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