Rhadamanthus
noun
Greek myth one of the judges of the dead in the underworld
Rhadamanthine
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a word derived from
Rhadamanthus.
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a word derived from
Rhadamanthys.
Rhadamanthysnouna son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
Example Sentences
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Friedrich, I should say, would be ordered by his Office, if Nature herself did not order him, to pitch his ideal very high; and to be rather Rhadamanthine in judging about it.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
For my own part I scouted the story as soon as I heard it, and I withered up young Dacre for daring to bring such abominable slander within my Rhadamanthine sphere.
From The Red Planet by William John Locke
It was somewhat Rhadamanthine; but a twelve-month of further reflection has shown no cause in any respect to revise it.
From "Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers" by Charles Francis Adams
Densdeth is an impossible rascal; Churm, a scarcely more possible Rhadamanthine saint.
From Confessions and Criticisms by Julian Hawthorne
And in these unruly islands I was prepared almost to welcome the face of Rhadamanthine severity.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
