单词 | well-hallowed |
释义 | well-hallowedadj. Greatly sanctified; very holy. Now chiefly in extended use: highly respected due to long usage or custom; traditional. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > traditional traditional1545 well-hallowed1576 traditionary1584 traditive1602 traditious1612 traditory1646 traductive1657 transmitted1794 tralatitious1795 handed-down1801 tralaticiary1900 trad1955 1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. viii. 805/1 (table) This Clarke was heard say that all the worlde was as well halowed as ye church or Churchyard. ?1602 R. Ayton Eng. & Lat. Poems (1963) 110 With ane weell hallowit hairt. 1611 H. Ainsworth Arrow against Idolatrie v. 151 No thing is wel hallowed without it [sc. the cross]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 293 To put forth My rightfull hand in a wel-hallow'd cause. View more context for this quotation 1856 Crayon 3 379/2 Then will..the poet's well-hallowed mind be proof against his traditional madness. 1943 Polit. Sci. Q. 58 585 Leggett's own social philosophy..was compounded of a few well-hallowed elements. 1962 J. J. Figueroa in E. J. King Communist Educ. vi. 124 The use of well-hallowed academic terminology. 2012 M. S. Seligmann Royal Navy & German Threat 1901–14 168 Any number of well-hallowed precedents and well-meaning attempts to improve human behaviour would be set aside without much compunction if and when it was expedient to do so. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1576 |
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