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Example sentences for "luminaries"

Lexicographically close words:
lume; lumen; lumiere; lumina; luminance; luminary; lumine; luminescence; luminescent; luminiferous
  1. What shock'd me first of all was to find, that in the Work of the Creation there was Light, before the Luminaries which produce it, and without which all wou'd be Darkness and Obscurity.

  2. Light luminaries before your pictures, whilst we shall read the Scriptures.

  3. The Roman arch trembled as though it were beaten by fierce winds; and as a number of little lights went out, the sun was obscured, and so were the luminaries of the night.

  4. The fife and drum had escorted the priest to the rectory; the quinquiss had put out the lights on the altar; and as all the faithful had blown upon their meagre luminaries the church was completely dark.

  5. The teachers of wisdom are the true luminaries and legislators of a world, which, without their aid, would again sink in ignorance and barbarism.

  6. It is true that I am Brahma the universal soul, and therefore the intellect, mind and sensibility also; I am the heaven and sky with their luminaries and quarters and the nether worlds also.

  7. Some thrive in happiness with their virtue of contentment and the like, and are enlightened in their minds like a room by the light of the lamps; and as the bosom of the sea by the light of the luminaries of heaven.

  8. The revolving luminaries of the sun and moon, and the rolling currents of the Ganges, appear as the pearly jewels on the person of this actress, and the lustre of the twilight seems as the red red-dye of her palms.

  9. He is the pure light of all lights (of the sight, luminaries &c.

  10. Before all who are in heaven and on earth such a man will cry aloud, and announce unto the people the tumult of the Ocean of Thy bounty and the splendors of the Luminaries of the heaven of Thy bestowals.

  11. In some cases the different luminaries were distinguished from each other in a different manner, viz.

  12. In Appendix A the original identity and subsequent specific appropriation of the names of the Heavenly Luminaries are especially noticed.

  13. The origin of the relation which is universally traceable between the names of the two great Heavenly Luminaries will be found fully discussed in Appendix A.

  14. It is not expedient that the sun should overtake the moon in her course: neither doth the night outstrip the day: but each of these luminaries moving in a peculiar orbit.

  15. Each of those luminaries hasteneth in its course to a determined period: and GOD is well acquainted with that which ye do.

  16. Before {302} he sat down, he expressed a hope that honourable luminaries would refrain as much as possible from eclipsing each other, or causing mutual perturbations.

  17. We were afterwards told that the resolution was carried by a majority, and the luminaries elongated at 2 h.

  18. Several comets-at-arms were sent for, and we heard rumors of a personal collision having taken place between two luminaries in opposition.

  19. The honorable luminaries had been individually summoned {301} by fast-sailing comets, and there was a remarkably full attendance.

  20. Honourable luminaries need not talk of the want of convergency of his series.

  21. No pale gilt luminaries of frozen rays were these.

  22. Great and small, through all the upper levels these strange luminaries gleamed, fixed and motionless, hanging unsupported in space.

  23. So thick they fell that now the brooding luminaries were dim aureoles within them.

  24. Like bagatelles we felt in that tremendous place, the weird luminaries gleaming above like garlands of frozen suns, the enigmatic hosts of animate cubes and spheres and pyramids trooping past.

  25. We must not here passe over another mystery, which these two luminaries have, each three names, the Sunne is called Chomah wisdome, Scemesch heat, and Cheres drynesse.

  26. With these burning coals the Persians came to light the luminaries of their Temples when they came to be extinguished.

  27. Too many that were placed there as luminaries have become conspicuous by their obscurity in the midst of that illustrious company.

  28. I have a great respect for these divine paroxysms, these half-inspired moments of influx when they seize one whom we had not counted among the luminaries of the social sphere.

  29. I think he has found an attraction that will call him down from the celestial luminaries to a light not less pure and far less remote.

  30. And all those lights and all those luminaries shine forth from the Most Holy Ancient One, the Concealed with all Concealments, who is the Highest Light.

  31. Innumerable iron balls also, O king, then appeared, like resplendent luminaries in the clear firmament.

  32. If on the fourth day, he will be wise and happy, because on that day the luminaries were fixed.

  33. Quite so,” he added, on being told, and nothing but the entry of an official who recognised them prevented the two great legal luminaries from spending a night in the cells.

  34. The same if either of the luminaries be exactly on the equinoxes.

  35. When, however, the malefic planets hold these Houses, or afflict the luminaries therein, you may judge greater stress and privation.

  36. When benefic planets, or the Luminaries well aspected, occupy these Houses, you may judge that the end will be peaceful, normal, and that death will take place in the midst of congenial and even exceptionally agreeable surroundings.

  37. Mars in the 4th House afflicting the luminaries or itself afflicted by other adverse planets, denotes a violent death by gunshot or wound and in the midst of strife, or on the field of battle.

  38. Uranus in the 8th House denotes a sudden death, and the same result is observed when the Luminaries therein are afflicted by Uranus.

  39. Neptune therein shows retirement and sequestration, and when afflicting the luminaries or itself afflicted, it denotes death in an asylum, hospital, or other place of detention.

  40. But when the luminaries are heavily afflicted there will be an inconstant fortune and many reverses, so that position gained will be lost again.

  41. The sextile of the luminaries is a powerful co-ordinator, and whenever sickness supervenes there will be a speedy recovery.

  42. Now that the chief luminaries of the procession had passed, the rich and lofty departed with a great show of indifference to the rest of the parade.

  43. The stars were few--the multitude obliterated by the moon, the luminaries abashed thereby.

  44. These mean Motions of the Luminaries are affected with various Inequalities: Of which, 1.

  45. Now the Inverse of all this happens when the Luminaries are in the Solstitial Circles.

  46. These last-named luminaries of the Church came into public life early, 20 and thus learned how to cope with the various tempers, views, and measures of the men they encountered there.

  47. And God said, Let there be luminaries in the expanse of heaven to divide the day and night.

  48. And, O sinless one, O mighty monarch, the other luminaries also go round this king of mountains in the self-same way.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "luminaries" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    celebrity; constellation; cynosure; figure; galaxy; hero; heroine; idol; immortal; lion; luminary; name; notability; notable; personage; somebody; star; worthy