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From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
aet
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From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
aislesnounUS /aɪlz/
plural of “aisle” — a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
blendverbUS /blend/
combine into one
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
CATHEDRALnounUS /kəˈθiːdrəl/
any large and important church
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
climbingnounUS /ˈklaɪmɪŋ/
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
COLOGNEnounUS /kəˈloʊn/
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
DepartverbUS /dɪˈpɑːrt/
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
divinest
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domenounUS /doʊm/
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
echoesnounUS /ˈekoʊz/
plural of “echo” — the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
to come or go into
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
estnounUS /est/
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
eternitynounUS /ɪˈtɜːrnəti/
time without end
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
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the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
Ite
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From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading J. W. H.
immediately past
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
Life'snounUS /laɪfs/
possessive form of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
loftyadjectiveUS /ˈlɔːfti/
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
Man'snounUS /mænz/
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
MatchedadjectiveUS /mætʃt/
provided with a worthy adversary or competitor
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
MEDITATIONnounUS /ˌmedəˈteɪʃən/
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
come together
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
missa
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From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
MOMENT'SnounUS /ˈmoʊmənts/
possessive form of “moment” — a particular point in time
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subject to death
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
MusenounUS /mjuːz/
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
noon's
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From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
oppositionsnounUS /ˌɑːpəˈzɪʃənz/
plural of “opposition” — the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
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not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
reverentialadjectiveUS /ˌrevərˈenʃəl/
feeling or manifesting veneration
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
REVISITEDverbUS /riˈvɪzətɪd/
past form of “revisit” — visit again
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
smilesnounUS /smaɪlz/
plural of “smile” — a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
carry out
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
thanksgivingnounUS /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
vespersnoun
the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading J. W. H.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
WedverbUS /wed/
take in marriage
From this reading Thought with its other climbing To meet and blend on high; Man's mortal and immortal Wed for eternity.
at the time that
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When noon's high mass is over, Muse in the silent aisles; Wait for the coming vespers In which new promise smiles.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading When from the dome height echoes An "_Ite, missa est_," Whisper thy last thanksgiving, Depart, and take thy rest.
in the company of; together with
From this reading EUROPE REVISITED 1877; _aet._ 58 A MOMENT'S MEDITATION IN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Enter Life's high cathedral With reverential heart, Its lofty oppositions Matched with divinest art.
