Chief, principal; capital; (of a sin) deadly (deadly, adj. 5a).
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释义 | society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [adjective] > mortal (6) headlyOE Chief, principal; capital; (of a sin) deadly (deadly, adj. 5a). headOE spec. Designating the cardinal virtues or the capital sins (see cardinal, adj. 1, capital sin, n. 1). Chiefly in head sin, head virtue. Cf. headly… deadly?c1225 Theology. Of sin: Entailing spiritual death; mortal (opposed to venial); esp. applied to the seven chief or ‘cardinal’ sins: see sin, n. mortala1475 Theology. Of sin or a sin: entailing spiritual death; depriving the soul of divine grace. Opposed to venial. Cf. deadly, adj. 5. lethal1583 Causing or resulting in spiritual death; deadly; †esp. of sin = mortal, adj. 6. unvenial?1589 (un-, prefix1 affix 1.) |
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