单词 | ansate |
释义 | ansateadj. = ansated adj. ansate cross: = ankh n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] > having handle-like projections ansated1736 ansate1848 1848 19th Cent. Jan. 181 The form of the vowel letters..gives us the expression of the two divine principles in one. Lanci believes the same to be the meaning of the ansate cross, so common in the hieroglyphics. 1891 Athenæum 31 Oct. 591/1 Centurial stone, ansate, 17 in. by 8 in. 1909 Bible Rev. May 393 This is the great crux ansata, or ansate cross—the ancient mystic symbol of immortality. 1974 Britannia 5 196 From loose soil over the via principalis came a block with carefully cut ansate panel on one face measuring c. 9 by 5 in. 2004 J. Mehlman tr. R. Debray God ii. viii. 171 More or less purged, reinserted and reinscribed residues—such as the ansate cross, the symbol of life for ancient Egyptians, fused into the monogram of Christ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1848 |
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