vetero-testamentary

形容词 adj.
英 /ˌvɛtəɹəʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/|/ˌvɛtɹəʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntɹi/    美 /ˌvɛtəɹoʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/|[ˌvɛɾəɹoʊˌtɛstəˈmɛnɾəɹi]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to the Old Testament of the Bible. not-comparable
    — But whether the Christians knew, at the beginning, image-signs of Jewish making or only Jewish prayers with the formula: Save me as you have saved Noah, etc., the great proportion of veterotestamentary salvations in the catacombs and on the sarcophagi, but especially in the catacombs, makes it very probable that there was some initial Jewish contribution.
    Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity: Festschrift for Hartmut Stegemann for His 65th Birthday

词形变化

veterotestamentary alternative

词源

PIE word
*tréyes
From Latin vetus, veteris (“ancient, old”) + English testamentary (“pertaining to a testament or will”).
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