Firmament
['fɜːməm(ə)nt] or ['fɝməmənt]
Definition
(v. & a.) Fixed foundation; established basis.
(v. & a.) The region of the air; the sky or heavens.
(v. & a.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.
Edited by Della
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sky, the heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.
Typist: Mag
Definition
n. the solid sphere in which the stars were thought to be fixed: the sky.—adj. Firmament′al pertaining to the firmament: celestial.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of the firmament filled with stars, denotes many crosses and almost superhuman efforts ere you reach the pinnacle of your ambition. Beware of the snare of enemies in your work. To see the firmament illuminated and filled with the heavenly hosts, denotes great spiritual research, but a final pulling back on Nature for sustenance and consolation. You will often be disappointed in fortune also. To see people you know in the firmament, signifies that they are about to commit some unwise act through you, and others must be the innocent sufferers. Great disasters usually follow this dream. See Illumination.
Typist: Stephanie
Examples
- Earth is to me a tomb, the firmament a vault, shrouding mere corruption. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The distant rims of the world and of the firmament seemed to be a division in time no less than a division in matter. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Typed by Geoffrey