单词 | luciform |
释义 | luciformadj. Now rare. Having the character of light, luminous: applied spec. to the ‘vehicle’ of the soul (αὐγοειδὲς ὄχημα) imagined by the Neo-Platonists; occasionally to the spiritual body of the Resurrection. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of Neoplatonism > elements of luciform1668 indistant1678 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [adjective] > according to other attributes fatherlyeOE mildeOE blissful1387 thorn-crowned1609 luciform1862 deific1878 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) Schol. 560 It may well be questioned, whether the Pythagoreans held a distinct Notion of this kind of luciform Body. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. J. Philoponus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 788 These Ancients say, that there is another Heavenly Body, always conjoyned with the Soul, and Eternal, which they call Luciform and Star-like. 1710 R. Ward Life H. More 39 What the Platonists call the Luciform Vehicle of the Soul. 1862 Ellicott On 1 Thess. iv. 17 The glorified and luciform body will be caught up in the..clouds. 1881 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) I. xvii. 313 To keep in order this luciform vehicle of the soul, as the Platonists call it.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1668 |
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