单词 | afflation |
释义 | afflationn. A breeze or blast of air, an act of blowing; (chiefly figurative) an instance of divine or spiritual communication; an inspiration; cf. afflatus n. 1. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] lightOE lightingOE inspiration1303 illuminationsc1340 inyettingc1340 revelationc1384 oraclec1425 revealingc1429 informationc1450 infusionc1450 illustrationc1480 gospel1481 aspirationc1534 illuminating1561 afflation1576 entheos1594 enthusiasm1595 flame-light1611 illapse1614 inspirement1616 spiration1629 respirationa1631 irradiation1631 income1647 afflatus1649 theopneustian1660 entheasm1752 prana1785 inflation1835 theopneusty1847 inflatusa1861 theopneustia1894 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > infusion shedding1398 influencec1430 infusionc1450 inflowing1530 infounding1532 afflation1576 influxion1605 influx1626 information1630 inspiration1651 overshadowing1665 influct1675 bedewmenta1680 inflow1848 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. f. 56v The Ayre..either corrupteth or els refresheth the spyrites within, sometime wt corrupt and stinking sauour, and sometyme wyth holesome and sweete afflation. 1613 H. Ainsworth Animadversion R. Clyftons Advt. 68 After that comes Exsufflation or blowing of the Divils away, & an afflation of the good spirit in their sted. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §1. 32 This [piety]..is an afflation of the blessed Spirit. 1731 E. Underhill Remarks upon Plea for Human Reason 34 I have indeed read of sundry Sorts of Inspiration, Afflation, Enthusiasm. 1798 Brit. Critic Mar. 279 Every man..feels himself called upon to assume the mission of a reformer; as it were by the afflation of some false and lying spirit. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. iv. 36 Diversly Partaking of sweet life, as more or less Afflation of eternal bliss pervades them. 1840 R. Emerson tr. G. F. Wiggers Hist. Presentation Augustinism & Pelagianism i. 23 Augustine received as sacraments the exorcism, afflation, and the renunciation of the devil, then practiced at baptism. 1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 111 But there was a new afflation—An aura zephyring round, That care infected not. a1963 A. B. Kuhn Rebirth for Christianity (1970) iv. 28 A release of pietistic fervor that swept reason aside and produced an afflation of religious zeal unique in world history. 2003 S. B. Nuland Lost in Amer. ii. 16 Its [sc. a perfume factory's] sickening, sweetish afflation would not have been tolerated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1576 |
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