General attributive, esp. designating a seat or bench reserved for penitents, as penitent form, penitent stool, etc.
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| 释义 | society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance (13) penitent form1563 General attributive, esp. designating a seat or bench reserved for penitents, as penitent form, penitent stool, etc. repenting stool1567 = stool of repentance n. at repentance, n. phrases 1. stool of repentance1581 a stool formerly placed in a conspicuous position in some Scottish churches, on which was seated a person required to make a public display of… place of repentance1582 (more fully public place of repentence) a conspicuous place, such as a seat, bench, or raised platform, formerly used in some Scottish churches… repentance stool1591 = stool of repentance n. at phrases 1. repentance seat1771 = repentance stool n. cutty-stoola1774 Formerly, in Scotland, a particular seat in a church, where offenders against chastity, or other delinquents, had to sit during the time of… Mercy seat1818 Christian Church (originally and chiefly U.S.). A seat or rail occupied at a religious meeting by penitents or those wishing to testify. Cf. mourn… anxious seat1827 (at an evangelical revival meeting) a seat, located near the front of the congregation, on which those with a troubled conscience or otherwise in… anxious bench1832 = anxious seat n. mourner's bench1834 Chiefly U.S. A bench reserved for penitents at an evangelical revival meeting. Also in extended use. Cf. anxious bench n. at anxious, adj.… mourner's seat1845 = mourner's bench, n. moaner's bench1929 A bench in a church or meeting house on which those people sit who wish to confess and repent their sins publicly at a prayer meeting or service; a… |
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