Christingle

service(英国圣公会的)圣诞火礼拜式(圣诞期间的一种礼拜式,给儿童慈善组织的捐款由儿童呈上,捐款者得一系红缎带的插花烛橘子)

发音

UK /ˈkɹɪstɪŋɡ(ə)l/
其它

词形变化

Christingles 复数 Christingles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small Christmas gift for children symbolizing Jesus Christ as the “light” of the world. A typical modern Christingle is made of an orange with sweets skewered into it, a candle inserted into the top, and a red ribbon wrapped round it.

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  2. 2.

    A church service for children incorporating Christingles, usually held during Advent.

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词源

Uncertain; according to the Oxford English Dictionary, possibly from dialectal German Christkindl, Christkindle (“the Christ child, believed to deliver presents to children on Christmas Eve; the presents so brought”), from Christ (“Christ”) + Kindl, Kindle (dialectal diminutive of Kind (“child”)). The -ingle portion of the word may be a corruption of Kris Kringle (“Santa Claus”) (also derived from German Christkindl, Christ Kinde) among the German community in the United States.

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