n. 新教堂

New \New\ (n[=u]), a. [Compar. {Newer} (n[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
{Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw,
OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny,
Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh,
Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr. ne`os,
Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See {Now}, and cf.
{Announce}, {Innovate}, {Neophyte}, {Novel}.]
1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time;
having originated or occured lately; having recently come
into existence, or into one's possession; not early or
long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; --
opposed to {old}, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book;
a new fashion. ``Your new wife.'' --Chaucer.

2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately
manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new
planet; new scenes.

3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now
commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year;
a new course or direction.

4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of
original freshness; also, changed for the better;
renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel
made him a new man.

Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.

Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost
new. --Bacon.

5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient
descent; not previously known or famous. --Addison.

6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.

New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope.

7. Fresh from anything; newly come.

New from her sickness to that northern air.
--Dryden.

{New birth}. See under {Birth}.

{New Church}, or {New Jerusalem Church}, the church holding
the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See
{Swedenborgian}.

{New heart} (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the
power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy
motives.

{New land}, land cleared and cultivated for the first time.


{New light}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Crappie}.

{New moon}.
(a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first
appears after being invisible.
(b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day
of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the
Jews. --2 Kings iv. 23.

{New Red Sandstone} (Geol.), an old name for the formation
immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided
into the Permian and Trias. See {Sandstone}.

{New style}. See {Style}.

{New testament}. See under {Testament}.

{New world}, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called
because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern
Hemisphere until recent times.

Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See {Novel}.