- ordeal of the corsned
- Религия: (Swallowing a piece of bread "consecrated for exorcism") испытание посредством горбушки хлеба
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
ordeal of the corsned
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The Anglo-Saxon Church — The Anglo Saxon Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Anglo Saxon Church I. ANGLO SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN The word Anglo Saxon is used as a collective name for those Teutonic settlers the foundation stock of the English race… … Catholic encyclopedia
Corsned — In Anglo Saxon law, corsned (OE cor, trial, investigation , + snǽd, bit, piece ; Latin panis conjuratus), also known as the accursed or sacred morsel, or the morsel of execration, was a type of trial by ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece… … Wikipedia
Corsned — Cors ned (k[^o]rs n[e^]d), n. [AS. corsn[=ae]d.] (AS. Laws) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corsned — /körsˈned/ (historical) noun A piece of bread or cheese, swallowed in trial by ordeal and believed to prove guilt if it stuck in the throat ORIGIN: OE corsnǣd, from gecor (cf coren, pap of cēosan to choose) and snǣd, a piece, from snīdan to cut … Useful english dictionary
corsned — /korsned/ In Saxon law, the morsel of exe cration. A species of ordeal in use among the Saxons, performed by eating a piece of bread over which the priest had pronounced a certain imprecation. If the accused ate it freely, he was pronounced… … Black's law dictionary
corsned — /korsned/ In Saxon law, the morsel of exe cration. A species of ordeal in use among the Saxons, performed by eating a piece of bread over which the priest had pronounced a certain imprecation. If the accused ate it freely, he was pronounced… … Black's law dictionary
Trial by ordeal — is a judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience. In some cases, the accused were considered innocent only if they survived the test, or if their … Wikipedia
purgation — /pargeyshan/ The act of cleansing or exonerating one s self of a crime, accusation, or suspicion of guilt, by denying the charge on oath or by ordeal. Canonical purgation was made by the party s taking his own oath that he was innocent of the… … Black's law dictionary
