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Definition of Luminaries
1. luminary [n] - See also: luminary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luminaries
Literary usage of Luminaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson (1877)
"Luminaries. "And God said, Let there be luminaries in the expanse of heaven, ...
And let them be for luminaries in the expanse of heaven, to give light on ..."
2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... of the rays by vapours, which actually enlarge the angle under which the
luminaries appear ; juli. as the angle is enlarged by which an ..."
3. Archaia by John William Dawson (1860)
"15 to 19: " And God said, let there be luminaries in the expanse of heaven, ...
And let them be for luminaries in the expanse of heaven to give light on the ..."
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