英语词汇“north end”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

north end

/ˌnɔːθ ˈɛnd/

noun

The northern end of something; specifically the north side of the altar in a church.

The position taken by a priest consecrating the elements of Holy Communion became a matter of controversy in the late 19th cent. following the prosecution of John Purchas (1823–72) in the Court of Arches in 1869 for his adoption of the north-end position. High Church celebrants preferred to stand in front of the altar, facing east, with their backs to the congregation..

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in The Blickling Homilies. From the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of north + end. Compare Middle Dutch nortende (Dutch noordeinde), Middle Low German nōrtende.

单词	north end
释义	north end /ˌnɔːθ ˈɛnd/ noun The northern end of something; specifically the north side of the altar in a church. The position taken by a priest consecrating the elements of Holy Communion became a matter of controversy in the late 19th cent. following the prosecution of John Purchas (1823–72) in the Court of Arches in 1869 for his adoption of the north-end position. High Church celebrants preferred to stand in front of the altar, facing east, with their backs to the congregation.. Origin Old English; earliest use found in The Blickling Homilies. From the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of north + end. Compare Middle Dutch nortende (Dutch noordeinde), Middle Low German nōrtende.
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