daystar
Americannoun
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a morning star.
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the sun.
noun
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a poetic word for the sun
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another word for the morning star
Etymology
Origin of daystar
before 1000; Middle English daysterre, Old English dægsteorra. See day, star
Example Sentences
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"A brighter day is dawning," cried the famed Horace Mann, "and education is its daystar."
From Time Magazine Archive
Thou art the daystar of the heavens of My holiness, let not the defilement of the world eclipse thy splendor.
From The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
When the owls cry and the crickets chirp, my wife leaves my bed, and until the daystar appears, I lie alone, torn with curiosity, to know where she is, and what she is doing.
From Welsh Fairy Tales by Griffis, William Elliot
A star, a daystar, a firedrake, rose at his birth.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
The Wise- men were led to behold and to follow this daystar of vi:12 divine Science, lighting the way to eternal harmony.
From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker
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