Firmament

  • 31Firmament — Firmamentn Firmament,GesäßundFaden!:Fluch.Scherzhaft vornehmeFormvon»Himmel,ArschundZwirn!«.1960ff,sold …

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  • 32firmament — fir|ma|ment [ˈfə:məmənt US ˈfə:r ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Late Latin; Origin: firmamentum, from Latin firmare to support ; FIRM1] the firmament literary the sky or heaven …

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  • 33firmament — m IV, D. u, Ms. firmamentncie, blm «sklepienie niebieskie, niebo» Niebieski, przejrzysty firmament. ‹łac.› …

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  • 34firmament — noun, literary gazing up to the firmament Syn: the sky, heaven; the heavens, the skies; literary the empyrean, the welkin …

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  • 35firmament — /ˈfɜməmənt / (say fermuhmuhnt) noun the vault of heaven; the sky. {Middle English, from Late Latin firmāmentum firmament, Latin a support, prop} –firmamental, adjective …

  • 36firmament — Le Firmament, Caelum …

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  • 37Firmament, das — Das Firmamếnt, des es, plur. die e, der sichtbare Himmel, an welchem bey Tage die Sonne und des Nachts die Sterne glänzen; aus dem Latein. Firmamentum, Griech. σερεωμα, weil man ehedem glaubte, der scheinbare oberste Raum des Himmels bestehe aus… …

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  • 38firmament, the — fir|ma|ment, the [ fɜrməmənt ] noun 1. ) LITERARY the sky 2. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM the most famous or important people in an area of activity: the stars of the tennis firmament …

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  • 39firmament — firmamental /ferr meuh men tl/, adj. /ferr meuh meuhnt/, n. the vault of heaven; sky. [1250 1300; ME < LL firmamentum sky, L: support, prop, stay, equiv. to firma(re) to strengthen, support (see FIRM2) + mentum MENT] * * * …

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  • 40Firmament —    From the Vulgate firmamentum, which is used as the translation of the Hebrew raki a. This word means simply expansion. It denotes the space or expanse like an arch appearing immediately above us. They who rendered raki a by firmamentum&#8230; …

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