Definition of shaveling in English:

shaveling

noun ˈʃeɪvlɪŋˈʃeɪvlɪŋ

derogatory, archaic

A clergyman or priest with a tonsured head.
〈古，贬〉削发教士
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Our chaplain attempted to teach me to write,’ he said, ‘but all my letters were formed like spear-heads and sword blades, and so the old shaveling gave up the task.’
- What you shavelings call ‘incomprehensible sayings’ is incomprehensible only to you, not to the Buddhas and ancestors.
- Never did we more greatly marvel at the mercy of God, which holds back his thunderbolts from destroying those wretched shavelings who deceive the people.
- About him stood three priests, true shavelings, clean shorn and polled, who were muttering strange words to the devils out of a conjuring book.
- His hair is cut away; the locks that covered him once are taken from him, and there he stands a shaveling, weak as other men.

Definition of shaveling in US English:

shaveling

nounˈʃeɪvlɪŋˈSHāvliNG

derogatory, archaic

A clergyman or priest with a tonsured head.
〈古，贬〉削发教士
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Our chaplain attempted to teach me to write,’ he said, ‘but all my letters were formed like spear-heads and sword blades, and so the old shaveling gave up the task.’
- Never did we more greatly marvel at the mercy of God, which holds back his thunderbolts from destroying those wretched shavelings who deceive the people.
- About him stood three priests, true shavelings, clean shorn and polled, who were muttering strange words to the devils out of a conjuring book.
- His hair is cut away; the locks that covered him once are taken from him, and there he stands a shaveling, weak as other men.
- What you shavelings call ‘incomprehensible sayings’ is incomprehensible only to you, not to the Buddhas and ancestors.

单词	shaveling
释义	Definition of shaveling in English: shaveling noun ˈʃeɪvlɪŋˈʃeɪvlɪŋ derogatory, archaic A clergyman or priest with a tonsured head. 〈古，贬〉削发教士 Example sentencesExamples ‘Our chaplain attempted to teach me to write,’ he said, ‘but all my letters were formed like spear-heads and sword blades, and so the old shaveling gave up the task.’ What you shavelings call ‘incomprehensible sayings’ is incomprehensible only to you, not to the Buddhas and ancestors. Never did we more greatly marvel at the mercy of God, which holds back his thunderbolts from destroying those wretched shavelings who deceive the people. About him stood three priests, true shavelings, clean shorn and polled, who were muttering strange words to the devils out of a conjuring book. His hair is cut away; the locks that covered him once are taken from him, and there he stands a shaveling, weak as other men. Definition of shaveling in US English: shaveling nounˈʃeɪvlɪŋˈSHāvliNG derogatory, archaic A clergyman or priest with a tonsured head. 〈古，贬〉削发教士 Example sentencesExamples ‘Our chaplain attempted to teach me to write,’ he said, ‘but all my letters were formed like spear-heads and sword blades, and so the old shaveling gave up the task.’ Never did we more greatly marvel at the mercy of God, which holds back his thunderbolts from destroying those wretched shavelings who deceive the people. About him stood three priests, true shavelings, clean shorn and polled, who were muttering strange words to the devils out of a conjuring book. His hair is cut away; the locks that covered him once are taken from him, and there he stands a shaveling, weak as other men. What you shavelings call ‘incomprehensible sayings’ is incomprehensible only to you, not to the Buddhas and ancestors.
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