Meaning of ouranian | Babel Free
Definitions
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Alternative letter-case form of Ouranian. alt-of
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Alternative spelling of Uranian. alt-of, alternative
Examples
“If he [the Hindu god Varuna] cannot be classed exclusively among the "gods of the sky" he nevertheless has qualities proper to the ouranian divinities. He is visva-darsata, "everywhere visible", he "separated the two worlds", the wind is his breath; [...]”
“Conversely, Kenneth Anger's only widely released film since 1972, Lucifer Rising (1980), uses a megalithic temple (not Stonehenge) and a number⟳ of ancient Egyptian sites in a Crowleyan ritual hymn to chthonian and ouranian deities of power and light⟳.”
“At first sight the winds would appear⟳ to be if anything Ouranian powers of the upper air, yet it seems that sacrifices to the winds were buried, not burnt.”
“If he [the Hindu god Varuna] cannot be classed exclusively among the "gods of the sky" he nevertheless has qualities proper to the ouranian divinities. He is visva-darsata, "everywhere visible", he "separated the two worlds", the wind is his breath; [...]”
“Conversely, Kenneth Anger's only widely released film since 1972, Lucifer Rising (1980), uses a megalithic temple (not Stonehenge) and a number⟳ of ancient Egyptian sites in a Crowleyan ritual hymn to chthonian and ouranian deities of power and light⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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