brethren的意思|brethren的解释-里氏词典

brethren ['breðrәn]

n. 弟兄们, 教友们

The Brethren hold a prayer meeting every Thursday.
教友每周四举行一次祷告会。
But above all, if he has St. Paul's perfection, that he would wish to be anathema from Christ, for the salvation of his brethren, it shows much of a divine nature, and a kind of conformity with Christ himself.
最后，如果一个人竟能像《圣经》中的圣保罗那样，肯为了兄弟们的得救甚至甘于忍受神的诅咒；那么他就必定超越了凡人，而且有真正基督徒的品格了。
Let us suppose that you or i, brethren, shall become a free and disembody spirit.
诸兄弟，让我们假设你或我将变成脱离了躯壳的自由精灵。

brethren

[ noun ]
(plural) the lay members of a male religious order
<noun.group>

Plymouth Brethren \Plym"outh Breth"ren\
The members of a religious sect which first appeared at
Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against
sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy.
Also called {Brethren}, {Christian Brethren}, {Plymouthists},
etc. The {Darbyites} are a division of the Brethren.

Dunker \Dun"ker\, prop. n. [G. tunken to dip.]
One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices
are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the
Quakers; -- called also {Tunkers}, {Dunkards}, {Dippers},
and, by themselves, {Brethren}, and {German Baptists}, and
they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren.

Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but
after a few years the members emigrated to the United
States; they were opposed to military service and
taking legal oaths, and practiced trine immersion.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

{Seventh-day Dunkers}, a sect which separated from the
Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the
seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.

Brethren \Breth"ren\, n.;
pl. of {Brother}.

Note: This form of the plural is used, for the most part, in
solemn address, and in speaking of religious sects or
fraternities, or their members.

Brother \Broth"er\ (br[u^][th]"[~e]r), n.; pl. {Brothers}
(br[u^][th]"[~e]rz) or {Brethren} (br[e^][th]"r[e^]n). See
{Brethren}. [OE. brother, AS. br[=o][eth]or; akin to OS.
brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel.
br[=o][eth]ir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. br[=o][thorn]ar, Ir.
brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis,
Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratr[u^], L. frater,
Skr. bhr[=a]t[.r], Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr,
a clansman. The common plural is {Brothers}; in the solemn
style, {Brethren}, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dative
sing. br[=e][eth]er, nom. pl. br[=o][eth]or, br[=o][eth]ru.
[root]258. Cf. {Friar}, {Fraternal}.]
1. A male person who has the same father and mother with
another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter
case he is more definitely called a {half brother}, or
{brother of the half blood}.

Note: A brother having the same mother but different fathers
is called a {uterine brother}, and one having the same
father but a different mother is called an {agnate
brother}, or in (Law) a {consanguine brother}. A
brother having the same father and mother is called a
{brother-german} or {full brother}. The same modifying
terms are applied to {sister} or {sibling}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Two of us in the churchyard lie,
My sister and my brother. --Wordsworth.

2. One related or closely united to another by some common
tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a
society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges,
clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of
religion, etc. ``A brother of your order.'' --Shak.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother. --Shak.

3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive
qualities or traits of character.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii.
9.

That April morn
Of this the very brother. --Wordsworth.

Note: In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman
by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as
in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a
more general sense, brother or brethren is used for
fellow-man or fellow-men.

For of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men?
--Milton.

{Brother Jonathan}, a humorous designation for the people of
the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have
originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic
Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as ``Brother
Jonathan.''

{Blood brother}. See under {Blood}.

Brother \Broth"er\ (br[u^][th]"[~e]r), n.; pl. {Brothers}
(br[u^][th]"[~e]rz) or {Brethren} (br[e^][th]"r[e^]n). See
{Brethren}. [OE. brother, AS. br[=o][eth]or; akin to OS.
brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel.
br[=o][eth]ir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. br[=o][thorn]ar, Ir.
brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis,
Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratr[u^], L. frater,
Skr. bhr[=a]t[.r], Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr,
a clansman. The common plural is {Brothers}; in the solemn
style, {Brethren}, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dative
sing. br[=e][eth]er, nom. pl. br[=o][eth]or, br[=o][eth]ru.
[root]258. Cf. {Friar}, {Fraternal}.]
1. A male person who has the same father and mother with
another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter
case he is more definitely called a {half brother}, or
{brother of the half blood}.

Note: A brother having the same mother but different fathers
is called a {uterine brother}, and one having the same
father but a different mother is called an {agnate
brother}, or in (Law) a {consanguine brother}. A
brother having the same father and mother is called a
{brother-german} or {full brother}. The same modifying
terms are applied to {sister} or {sibling}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Two of us in the churchyard lie,
My sister and my brother. --Wordsworth.

2. One related or closely united to another by some common
tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a
society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges,
clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of
religion, etc. ``A brother of your order.'' --Shak.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother. --Shak.

3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive
qualities or traits of character.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii.
9.

That April morn
Of this the very brother. --Wordsworth.

Note: In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman
by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as
in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a
more general sense, brother or brethren is used for
fellow-man or fellow-men.

For of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men?
--Milton.

{Brother Jonathan}, a humorous designation for the people of
the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have
originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic
Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as ``Brother
Jonathan.''

{Blood brother}. See under {Blood}.

We have therefore sold our holding of European bonds and reinvested the proceeds in long dated UK index-linked stock. 'In the UK market, it is likely that small to medium capitalisation stocks will outperform their larger FT-SE 100 brethren.
Although some aggressive small-company funds have soared 40% or more in the period, their conservative brethren have turned in more sedate results, some barely posting double-digit gains.
The Knights of Malta order is a worldwide philanthropic organization which seeks to serve "the least of thy brethren."
India is involved because its own 60 million ethnic Tamils are sympathetic to their Sri Lankan brethren.
At least 114 Palestinians have been killed by their brethren as suspected collaborators during the 21-month-old revolt against Israeli rule.
Violence broke out there Jan. 1 when demonstrators forced open the border with Iran in an effort to be reunited with their brethren in that country.
Yet like many of his brethren there, he'd struck out on his own by 1968 in search of the technological grail.
"We call on our brethren in Amal to understand the dangerous espionage role Higgins was carrying out, profiting from the U.N. observer role," the statement says.
Whatever their innermost feelings might be, they have been offered more in terms of health, education and general well-being than many of their northern brethren.
These policies combine to blunt Iran's propaganda and its emotional appeal to Shiite brethren here.
From January 1989 through January 1990, 16,700 Soviet Jews have joined about 180,000 of their brethren who have emigrated to Israel since 1967.
Thousands of protesters demanding open borders and unification with their ethnic brethren in Iran have destroyed guard observation towers, electronic alarms and communications lines along the border.
Some of the brethren fell victim to loan sharks and are now in prison for failure to pay their debts.
Aquarium supporters say holding some marine mammals in captivity is vital to the survival of their brethren in the wild.
Now they find themselves at the mercy of quotas and their bigger domestic brethren, who often prohibitively price their product.
And by sticking to home cooking while their bigger brethren were out experimenting with spicy Third World loans and commercial real estate, the small fry have emerged as the healthiest sector of the banking industry.
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
But while Mario and his eight-bit brethren look like cartoons sliding over a two-dimensional background, Sonic adds a dimension of depth.
Militant Azerbaijanis have rioted along the nearly 500-mile border with Iran, demanding reunification with their ethnic brethren in northern Iran.
Arriving at Tehran's Mehrabad airport for his first visit to Iran, Assad said he was happy to be among his "dear brethren," Tehran Radio reported.
CALIFORNIA BATHING: Ad agency Gumpertz/Bentley/Fried is urging its advertising brethren not to bathe on Mondays to help conserve water in drought-stricken Los Angeles.
Another reason for corporate control problems at banks is that bank managers have regulatory protection against takeovers unavailable to most of their nonbank brethren.
I think of how astonishing it is that Italy and Germany and Japan, three nations that engaged us in a struggle literally to the death, have in just two score become our brethren, our friends.
Like their brethren in the bond market, stock market investors also hope the Fed will cut rates.
All of you who live in freedom, through your prayers, must support our suffering brethren," said Kung.
The specter of litigation would be gone and it would sell in line with its brethren," the other major integrated oil companies, says Mr. Gaines.
The international Jewish community considers Christian symbols on the perimeter of the camp a desecration of the memory of their slain brethren.
An additional 212 have been slain by their Arab brethren on suspicion of cooperating with Israeli authorities.
No arrests were reported at the Mercier Bridge, which Indians had blockaded for most of the summer in support of their Oka brethren.
Between 1982 and 1989, they and their S&L brethren lost a combined $75 billion on bad real-estate loans.

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