| 释义 |
▪ I. Luciferian, a.1 and n.1 ? Obs.|l(j)uːsɪˈfɪərɪən|
Also 6 Luceferian, Lucifrian, 7 Luciferan.
[f. Lucifer + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Lucifer; Satanic, devilish. Often with reference to pride: ‘As proud as Lucifer’.
1570Homilies ii. Wilful Rebell. iii. (1574) 576 A luceferian pride and presumption. 1598Marston Pygmal. ii. 146 From haughty Spayne, what brought'st thou els beside, But lofty lookes, and their Lucifrian pride? 1613Dekker Strange Horse-Race Wks. (Grosart) III. 350 For now he saw the Dilaceration of his owne Luciferan Kingdome. 1673Lady's Call. i. v. §10 What a Luciferian fall will they have from their honors. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 312 He fell on the Bishops generally, calling them Luciferian Lord Bishops. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. x. 396 We have so much of the Luciferian ambition, as to aspire to be like to the most high. 1773J. Ross Fratricide i. 782 (MS.) Darting a ghastly Luciferian look After their footsteps.
†B. n. A Luciferian or Satanic person. Obs.
1647Trapp Comm. Matt. xix. 17 None but a proud Luciferian would have said, as Vega, the Popish perfectionary did [etc.].
▪ II. Luciˈferian, a.2 and n.2
Also 6, 8 Luciferan.
[f. L. proper name Lūcifer (see below) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the sect founded by Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari in the fourth century, who separated from the Church because it was too lenient (as he thought) towards Arians who repented of their heresy.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 106 You, saith he, (speaking to the Luciferian hereticks) run away from the vain shaking of feathers, like the fearfull Harts. 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. ii. §36 While you thus inveigh against Luther, and charge him with Luciferian heresies. 1865Lightfoot Comm. Galat. (1874) 228 Hilary the Roman deacon..attached himself to the Luciferian schism.
B. n. An adherent of this sect.
c1555Life Bp. Fisher in F.'s Wks. (E.E.T.S.) ii. 135 Saint Jerom against Helvidius, Jovinianus, Vigilantius, and the luciferans. 1585C. Fetherstone tr. Calvin on Acts xix. 7. 458 No man thinks that the grace of the Spirit is annexed to such a ceremonie, as doeth Jerome against the Luciferians. 1681Baxter Answ. Dodwell ii. 16 Novatians, Luciferians, Donatists..had all Orders in Episcopal Communion. 1797W. Johnston tr. Beckmann's Invent. III. 406 In the altercation between a Luciferan and an Orthodox, he relates that an adherent of the schismatic Lucifer disputed. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1358 As the Luciferians considered themselves the true and pure church, they utterly repudiated the name of a sect. |
字词 踏过 释义 overstep 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用中文字......