Meaning of quenchcoal | Babel Free
Definitions
A person or thing that undermines religious zeal; hence a heartless, uncaring person with respect to religion.
countable, idiomatic, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
“Zeal has in this our earthly mold little fuel and much quench-coal; it is hardly fired and soon cooled.”
“You are quenchcoal; no sparkle of grace can kindle upon your cold hearth.”
“In 1636 he published two books at once, or immediately after each other. One of them was called The Quench Coal, in answer to that called A Coal from the Altar; against placing the Communion-Table Altarwise.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.