Cave of Adullam

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place or group in which people who have met failure or defeat in some way are said to congregate. figuratively
    — […] but what shall we say of the sects which, coming late with forces weak in number and intellect, feed upon the refuse of the Church? They form caves of Adullam and call them churches.

词形变化

Caves of Adullam plural

词源

From Biblical Hebrew מְעָרַת־עֲדֻלָּם (məʿāraṯ-ʿĂḏullām, “cave of Adullam”), referring to a redoubt near the town of Adullam where David fled from his enemy King Saul of Israel.
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