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Definition of Damascene
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people. "Damascene city gates"
2. Verb. Inlay metal with gold and silver.
3. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Damascus.
4. Adjective. (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals. "A damascened sword"
5. Noun. A design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel.
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,
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
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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