figurative. In religious use: To mortify, with reference to the Crucifixion of Christ; esp. to destroy the power of (passions, sins, the flesh, etc.).
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| 释义 | society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > practise asceticism or mortification [verb (transitive)] (4) crucifyc1320 figurative. In religious use: To mortify, with reference to the Crucifixion of Christ; esp. to destroy the power of (passions, sins, the flesh, etc.). mortify?c1422 transitive. To bring (the body, or its appetites and passions) into subjection or under control by the practice of self-denial, abstinence, or… cruciate1575 To crucify. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— render dead to sin or the world (1) |
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