2. Interjection. Expressing regret at a loss of former glory or high standards. ¹
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Definition of Ichabod
1. the glory is departed [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ichabod
Literary usage of Ichabod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Ichabod t 1849. So fallen ! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore !
The glory from his gray hairs gone Forevermore ! Revile him not, the Tempter ..."
2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1879)
"What an immense relief it is to meet the railway again," said Ichabod, his face
clearing as they came in sight of the dear, puffing, snorting locomotive, ..."
3. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"1ld. more than her portion of said estate; that Zacheus had received nothing, so
that all his portion is still due, and that Ichabod had received of the ..."
4. Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America, Whose by Frederick Clifton Pierce (1901)
"18, 1867. He m. April 17, 1867, Aggie Cushman, of Toronto, UC No issue. 3704.
ELI FIELD (Noah, Ichabod, David, David, Ebenezer, Zechariah, Zechariah, John, ..."
5. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1894)
"THE MILITARY JOURNAL OF COLONEL Ichabod GOODWIN. ... His father, Ichabod, was
born in Berwick in 1713, the son of Ichabod, a captain of provincial troops ..."
6. Heralds of a Liberal Faith by Samuel Atkins Eliot (1910)
"Ichabod NICHOLS 1784-1859 Ichabod Nichols was born in Portsmouth, NH, July 5, 1784.
His parents were Ichabod and Lydia Rhodes Nichols, both of whom belonged ..."
7. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Joseph Warren Chapman, Marblehead (Mass.) (1904)
"Ichabod and Deliverance,measles, Nov. 1183o, a. 14 y. John, at Lynn, Nov. ...
Ichabod S. and Deliverance, brain fever, Aug. 28, 1846, a. 18 y. Polly, w. ..."
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