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单词 themis
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Themisn.

/ˈθɛmɪs//ˈθiːmɪs/
Etymology: < Greek Θέμις, goddess of law and order, Justice personified.
1. Name of the ancient Greek goddess of law and justice; hence, Law or Justice personified.
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Themis1785
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Themis, the Godesse of Justice, that gave out Oracles at Bœotia.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 257 Such thine, in whom Our British Themis gloried with just cause, Immortal Hale.
1880 J. Payn Confidential Agent iv She found a rival, not in Themis, but in Isabel Thurlow.
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2. Astronomy. Name of the twenty-fourth of the Asteroids, discovered 5 April 1853 by De Gasparis.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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