Definition of Macarisms

1. macarism [n] - See also: macarism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macarisms

macadamizing
macadams
macahuba
macahubas
macallum
macallums
macamba
macao
macaque
macaques
macaranga gum
macarise
macarised
macarises
macarism
macarisms (current term)
macarize
macarized
macarizes
macarizing
macaron
macaroni
macaroni and cheese
macaroni and gravy
macaroni cheese
macaroni penguin
macaroni penguins
macaroni salad
macaroni wheat
macaronic

Literary usage of Macarisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of the Idiom of the New Testament by Georg Benedikt Winer, Gottlieb Lünemann, Edward Masson, Joseph Henry Thayer (1877)
"It is quite natural also, that, particularly in sentences having an exclamatory character, as well as in macarisms, the predicate should be placed at the ..."

2. The Kingdom of God by Alexander Balmain Bruce (1889)
"... one is inclined to give his form of the " macarisms:" " Blessed be ye poor, Blessed are ye that hunger, Blessed are ye that weep,"—the preference on ..."

3. The Kingdom of God: Or, Christ's Teaching According to the Synoptical Gospels by Alexander Balmain Bruce (1897)
"Thus comparing Luke's report of the introduction to the Sermon on the Mount with Matthew's, one is inclined to give his form of the " macarisms:" " Blessed ..."

4. The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records by Paul Carus (1895)
"... the world filled with love, 121. Lust, the dart of 161. Luxurious living, 1"i6. macarisms, 34, 35, 42, 149. Made up of thoughts, 111. Magic power, 1oo. ..."

5. The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus (1915)
"... 137; love of truth, 149; overcome anger by love, 137; the world filled with love, 143. Lust, the dart of 183. Luxurious living, 188. macarisms ..."

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