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accidie
accidie Forms: 3–4 acˈcide, acˈcyde; 3–5 acˈcidie, acˈcydye, ˈaccidye; 5–6 acˈcydye. [a. OFr. acˈcide, aˈcide, ONormFr. acˈcidie, aˈcidie; ad. med.L. accīdia, corrupt. of late L. acēdia, a. Gr. ἀκηδία heedlessness, torpor (in Cicero, Att. xii. 45) n. of state f. ἀ not + κῆδ-ος care, κήδ-οµαι I care,...
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Acedia
But by the mid-twentieth century, as people were contending with the two world wars, accidie was back in use." Aldous Huxley wrote an essay on acedia called "Accidie".
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accidity
† acˈcidity Obs.—0 [ad. med.L. acciditas, irreg. f. accidia: see accidie.] ‘Slothfulness.’ Bailey 1731. Ash 1775.
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Monastic silence
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Acedia (accidie), noted as a problem of solitary life
Bodhi
Christian contemplation
Christian meditation
John Chrysostom
Church Fathers
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accidia
‖ accidia [a. med.L. accīdia (see accidie).] = accidie.1930 Time & Tide 28 Mar. 414/2 Half of them suffer from the deadly spiritual disease of accidia. 1947 C. Gray Contingencies iii. 89 The combination of medieval accidia and modern weltschmerz, which we find in his [Liszt's] Hamlet.
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Vice
Sloth is referred to in Latin as accidie or acedia, which vice tempts a self-aware soul to be too easily satisfied, thwarting charity's purpose as insufficiently
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acedy
† acedy Obs. rare. [ad. L. acēdia, a. Gr. ἀκηδία heedlessness, sluggishness, torpor, n. of state f. ἀ priv. + κῆδ-ος care, concern, κήδ-οµαι I heed. A later derivative of the word which gave the very common ME. accidie, q.v.] Torpor, stupor.1623 Bp. Hall Serm. v. 140 Though the mind be sufficiently ...
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Finnian of Clonard
wide learning and draws on the teaching of John Cassian on overcoming the eight evil tendencies – gluttony, fornication, covetousness, anger, dejection, accidie
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acedia
acedia (əˈsiːdɪə) [L.: see acedy.] Sloth, torpor, = accidie: esp. as a condition leading to listlessness and want of interest in life.1607 R. Parker Schol. Disc. agst. Antichrist ii. 74 The ceremonies..offende the ministers and the Pastors... Many of these are brought to an Acedia by them. 1922 W. R...
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Live and Let Die (novel)
I am prey to what the early Christians called 'accidie', the deadly lethargy that envelops those who are sated." This allowed Fleming to build the Bond character as a counter to the accidie, in what the writer saw as a Manichaean struggle between good and evil.
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wraw
▪ I. wraw, a. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: α. 3 wrah, 4 wragh, 5 wraȝe; 4 wrau, 4–5 (9 north. dial.) wrawe, 4–6 wraw, 9 dial. raw. β. 4 wrowe, wroȝ, 5 wrow. [Of obscure origin; the forms indicate an unrecorded OE. *wráh, *wráᵹ.] 1. Of persons: Angry, wrathful, wroth.c 1205 Lay. 3354 Þis iherde Leir king; ...
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encumber
▪ I. † enˈcumber, n. Obs. Forms: 4 encumbre, encumbir, 6 encombre, 7 encomber, encumber. Also 6 incomber, incumber. [a. OF. encombre = Pr. encombre, It. ingombro:—late L. incumbrum, f. incumbrāre: see encumber v.] The state of being encumbered; concr. an encumbrance, embarrassment, trouble, annoyanc...
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