| 单词 |
penetral |
| 释义 |
penetral Now rare.|ˈpɛnɪtrəl|
Also 6 -traile, 7–9 -trale.
[a. L. penetral, -trāle (usually in pl. penetrālia: see next), from penetrāl-is interior, innermost, f. stem of penetrā-re to penetrate.]
The innermost part; of a temple, the sanctuary: usually in pl.: = next.
1589A. M[unday] tr. Palmendos xxi. (1653) 125 The penetrails..of the stomack. 1657W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ vi. 64 Like ægyptian Temples, specious in the Frontispiece, and a Calf or an Ape in the Penetral. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. v. xi. 163 Piercing to the inmost penetrals of the heart. 1875G. Macdonald Malcolm III. x. 151 It was now impossible to leave the cavern... He returned into its penetral.
(β) with final -e (Lat. or Eng.).
a1661Fuller Worthies, Cheshire i. (1662) 180 To pierce into the Penetrales of Learning. 1787Maty tr. Riesbeck's Trav. Germ. lvii. III. 102 After waiting therefore some time the penetrale was opened, and I beheld my hero. 1827G. S. Faber Sacr. Calend. Prophecy (1844) III. 72 Seated upon his throne, the mercy-seat, in the penetralè of the Temple. 1871G. Macdonald Sonn. concerning Jesus iii, When from the penetrale she filled the fane. |
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