Definition of Damascene

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Damascus.

Group relationships: Capital Of Syria, Damascus, Dimash
Generic synonyms: Syrian

2. Verb. Inlay metal with gold and silver.
Category relationships: Handicraft
Generic synonyms: Inlay

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people. "Damascene city gates"
Partainyms: Damascus

4. Noun. A design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel.
Generic synonyms: Design, Figure, Pattern

5. Adjective. (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals. "A damascened sword"
Similar to: Fancy

Definition of Damascene

1. a. Of or relating to Damascus.

2. n. A kind of plum, now called damson. See Damson.

3. v. t. Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t.

Definition of Damascene

1. Adjective. inlaid with silver or gold ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Damascene

1. [v -SCENED, -SCENING, -SCENES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Damascene

damageabilities
damageability
damageable
damaged
damaged goods
damager
damagers
damages
damaging
damagingly
daman
damans
damar
damaraite
damars
damascene (current term)
damascened
damascenes
damascening
damascenone
damascenones
damascone
damascones
damascus
damask
damask rose
damask violet
damasked
damaskeen
damaskeened

Literary usage of Damascene

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Fathers speak of it аз the elevation of the mind to God with a view to asking proper things from Him (St. John damascene, "De fide", III, xxiv, in PG. ..."

2. First Letter to the Very Rev. J. H. Newman, D.D.: In Explanation, Chiefly in by Edward Bouverie Pusey (1869)
"S. John damascene, AD 730, like S. Gregory of ... This statement of John damascene is quoted by S. Thomas Aq.i as an alleged ground, why it • On Ps. 50. ..."

3. Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens by Archaeological Institute of America (1897)
"... lying on its side, which accounts for the corrosion of the surface of the marble on the right as one faces the relief. Fio. 7.—STELE OF A damascene. ..."

4. Dissertations on Subjects Connected with the Incarnation by Charles Gore (1907)
"JOHN damascene, de Fide Orthod. iii. 12-23 : His human nature by its own essence does not possess the knowledge of the future ; ' but the soul of the Lord, ..."

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