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ˈheaven-ˌwide, adv. and a. A. adv. By the width of the heavens, as far as the east is from the west.
c1611Chapman Iliad xxiii. 299 Hurl'd about This way and that..all heaven wide of his end. 1857–8Sears Athan. vii. 62 This principle clears the pneumatology of the Bible heaven-wide of the slough of naturalism. B. adj. As wide or broad as the heavens.
1883J. Parker Apost. Life II. 71 This heaven-wide principle. 1891Pall Mall G. 18 Nov. 3/3 An appearance of heaven-wide difference of opinion. |