sin-soiled, a.
(ˈsɪnsɔɪld)
[sin n. 6.]
Blemished, stained, or soiled by sin.
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. Wks. (Grosart) IV. 214 Our costly skinne-cases could keepe vs from..beeing sinne-soyled. 1612 J. Davies (Heref.) Muse's Sacr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 50/1 If the Heau'ns, sinne-soiled, must not stand, much lesse must Man. a 1618 Sylvester Little Bartas 907 That B'al⁓blinded, bloud-soild, sin-soild Pair. 1842 Manning Serm. xxiii. (1848) I. 344 No man that is not..repenting of his sin-soiled state. 1891 G. F. X. Griffith tr. Fouard's Christ the Son of God I. 294 The depth of degradation from which the Saviour rescued this sin-soiled creature. |