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  • 31firmament — noun a) The vault of the heavens; the sky. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters. b) The field or sphere of an interest or activity. the international fashion firmament …

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  • 32firmament, 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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  • 33firmament — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin firmamentum, from Latin, support, from firmare Date: 13th century 1. the vault or arch of the sky ; heavens 2. obsolete basis 3. the field or sphere of an interest or activity <&#8230; …

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  • 34firmament — /ˈfɜməmənt / (say fermuhmuhnt) noun the vault of heaven; the sky. {Middle English, from Late Latin firmāmentum firmament, Latin a support, prop} –firmamental, adjective …

  • 35The Romantics (novel) — Infobox Book name = The Romantics image caption = author = Pankaj Mishra cover artist = Raghubir Singh country = India, UK language = English genre = Literary fiction publisher = Picador pub date = 1999 pages = 277 isbn = 0 330 39277 8 The&#8230; …

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  • 36The Excommunication of Christ — Infobox Album Name = The Excommunication of Christ Type = studio Artist = Meads of Asphodel Released = 2001 Recorded = Genre = Black metal Length = 48:48 Label = Supernal Music Producer = Reviews = Last album = The Watchers of Catal Huyuk (1999)&#8230; …

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  • 37Firmament —    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; …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 38firmament — n. Sky, the heavens, the welkin, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse, the blue vault, the azure …

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  • 39FIRMAMENT —    a name given to the vault of the sky conceived as a solid substance studded with stars, so applied in the Vulgate …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 40firmament — n sky, heaven, heavens, vault of heaven, vault, Dial. lift, Chiefly Literary. welkin; empyrean, air, ether, celestial sphere, starry host; infinity, space, the void, universe, stratosphere; azure, the blue, cerulean, blue sky, the wild blue&#8230; …

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