lucifer
31Lucifer — (Del lat. lux, luxis, luz + ferre, llevar.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Denominación que se le da al diablo. SINÓNIMO [Luzbel] 2 Persona perversa y de malas intenciones. 3 literario Lucero de la mañana. * * * lucifer. (De Lucifer …
32Lucifer — A sarcastic reference (Isa. 14:12) to the king of Babylon calls him the Light Bearer, or the Day Star (NRSV), or Venus, ‘fallen from heaven’, i.e. from his lofty power, and is translated Lucifer by the Vulgate and AV. Because the verse is partly… …
33Lucifer — Venus Ve nus, n. [L. Venus, eris, the goddess of love, the planet Venus.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit …
34Lucifer — noun Etymology: Middle English, the morning star, a fallen rebel archangel, the Devil, from Old English, from Latin, the morning star, from lucifer light bearing, from luc , lux light + fer ferous more at light Date: before 12th century 1. used… …
35Lucĭfer, St. — St. Lucĭfer, Bischof von Cagliari (daher Calarifanus) in Sardinien, Anhänger des Papstes Liberius in dem Streite gegen die Arianer, vertheidigte auf dem Concil zu Mailand 355 u. in [568] Schriften den Patriarchen Athanasius u. wurde deshalb vom… …
36Lucifer, S. (2) — 2S. Lucifer, ein Priester und Martyrer, dann SS. Lucifera, vier Martyrinnen dieses Namens aus der Familie der Luciferi, welche im vorhergehenden Artikel erwähnt wurde. Er ist (nach Bened. XIV. l. c.) Bischof von Cagliari gewesen und erhielt als… …
37lucifer — noun A self igniting match, ie. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box). 1915: While youve a lucifer to light your fag,Smile, boys, thats the… …
38Lucifer — [ lu:sɪfə] noun 1》 the Devil. 2》 literary the planet Venus when it rises in the morning. 3》 (lucifer) archaic a match. Origin OE, from L., light bringing, morning star , from lux, luc light + fer bearing …
39lucifer — archaic a match. → Lucifer …
40lucifer — /ˈlusəfə/ (say loohsuhfuh) noun → friction match. {from Lucifer} …
