单词 | well-worshipping |
释义 | > as lemmaswell-worshipping well-worshipping n. and adj. (a) n.= well worship n.; (b) adj. that worships a well or spring. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of wells well worship1655 well-worshipping1810 society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [adjective] > of wells well-worshipping1810 1810 C. O'Conor Columbanus's Third Let. 79 Well-worshipping was a Druidic superstition. 1812 C. O' Conor Hist. Addr. II. vi. 244 The Mass of our population, misled by artifice, were governed not by Christian and Canonical Rules, but by Druidical and well-worshipping excommunications. 1892 Catholic News 23 July 5/5 A race of well-worshipping semi-pagans. 1971 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. 12 July 5/1 The accident occurred Thursday during a traditional well-worshipping ceremony following the birth of a son to a villager. 2008 J. A. McLeod Unicorn's Garden v. 130/2 A number were renamed or became associated with Christian saints and miracles, but nevertheless the Church frowned on well worshipping. < as lemmas |
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