About The Word Lucifer
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Lucifer
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What's The Definition Of Lucifer?
[n] lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"
[n] (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell Synonyms | Synonyms for Lucifer: Beelzebub | Devil | friction match | match | Old Nick | Prince of Darkness | Satan | Shaytan | the Devil | the Tempter Related Terms | Find terms related to Lucifer: Aldebaran | Apollyon | Beelzebub | Canicula | celestial body | comet | daystar | devil | diablo | Dog Star | evening star | fiend | fixed stars | heavenly body | Hesper | Hesperus | His Satanic Majesty | living sapphires | lodestar | morning star | North Star | Old Nick | Old Scratch | orb | Phosphor | Phosphorus | polar star | Polaris | polestar | Satan | Satanas | serpent | Sirius | sphere | starry host | stars | the Adversary | the archenemy | the Arch-fiend | the Common Enemy | the Demon | the Devil | the Devil Incarnate | the Evil One | the Evil Spirit | the Fiend | the Foul Fiend | the Old Enemy | the Old Serpent | the serpent | the Tempter | the Wicked One | Venus | Vesper See Also | book matches | fusee | fuzee | igniter | ignitor | kitchen match | light | lighter | matchstick | safety match | slow match | spiritual being | supernatural being Lucifer In Webster's Dictionary \Lu"ci*fer\, n. [L., bringing light, n., the morning
star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.]
1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; --
applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of
the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground
which didst weaken the nations ! --Is. xiv. 12.
Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this
passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan;
in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since
been applied to, Satan. --Kitto.
2. Hence, Satan.
How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes'
favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like Lucifer,
Never to hope again. --Shak.
3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible
substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also
{lucifer match}, and {locofoco}. See {Locofoco}.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea,
having a slender body and long appendages.
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