dayspring
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dayspring
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at day, spring
Example Sentences
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Little old Uncle Saltiel worshiped him, his disreputable cronies idolized him, thought him a dayspring from on high, a light to lighten his people.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dayspring from on high had but put to flight the lesser stars.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams
So near, indeed, is that religious dayspring that I seemed momently to see it breaking over the desert where I brought this book to an end.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
His solemnly low implorations were drenched with agonizing tears, and they only ceased when the dayspring came and drove the somber terrors of the night before it.
From Prisoners of Conscience by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
At a first hearing of "Also Sprach Zarathustra," it seemed as though the very dayspring had descended into the orchestra to make that famous, brassy opening passage.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
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