29 April 2018
firmament
[fur-muh-muh nt]
noun
1. the vault of heaven; sky.
Origin of firmament
Middle English, Late Latin
1250-1300; Middle English < Late Latin firmāmentum sky, Latin: support, prop, stay, equivalent to firmā(re) to strengthen, support (see firm2) + -mentum -ment
Related forms
firmamental [fur-muh-men-tl], adjective
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Examples from the Web for firmament
Contemporary Examples
The reader leaves with a better sense of the firmament and frontline fights occurring in the current independent movement.
Political Independents: The Future of Politics?
John Avlon
September 23, 2012
But his disappearance from the Washington firmament does not mean that the work he used to do is being left undone.
David’s Book Club: ‘Capitol Punishment’
David Frum
March 23, 2012
Historical Examples
But now came a cloud which swallowed every other in my firmament.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
George MacDonald
The troop of the stars was posted in the immeasurable deeps of the firmament.
A Spirit in Prison
Robert Hichens
In the great days, presentiments hover before me in the firmament.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In all the firmament of poetry there was no star to outshine his.
William Shakespeare
Samuel Levy Bensusan
The firmament rang with laughter as the other candidates panted up.
Dreamers of the Ghetto
I. Zangwill
It looks to me like the firmament at night, with all the stars a-shining.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
It gave the appearance of a grating in the firmament, a small dungeon grating.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
Again the tenor and chorus in a brief number describe the firmament.
The Standard Oratorios
George P. Upton
Anagram
Mr mean fit
met in farm
Today’s quote
One can advise comfortably from a safe port.
– Soren Kierkegaard
On this day
29 April 711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania as Moorish forces led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land on Gibraltar in preparation for the invasion of Spain.
29 April 1770 – Captain James Cook names Botany Bay after landing there on this day.
29 April 1910 – British Parliament passes ‘The People’s Budget’, the first budget in British history that is aimed at redistributing wealth to all.
29 April 1945 – the Dacchau concentration camp near Munich is liberated by US forces.
29 April 1967 – Muhammad Ali stripped of his boxing title after refusing, on religious grounds, being drafted into the Army.
29 April 1980 – death of Alfred Hitchcock, English movie producer and director. Born 13 August 1899.