sphery
Americanadjective
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having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
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pertaining to or resembling a heavenly body; starlike.
adjective
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resembling a sphere
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resembling a celestial body or bodies; starlike
Etymology
Origin of sphery
Example Sentences
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Here it is:— A dazzling fiery show of sphery rainbows, Whereof each wonder, monarch of a moment, Yields up its glory to the next one's splendour, And sadly sinks into the arms of darkness.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
“To climb higher than the sphery chime” means to ascend beyond the spheres into the empyrean or true heaven—the abode of God and the purest Spirits.
From Milton's Comus by William Bell
He not less will croak and croak As he ever caws and caws, Till the starry dance he broke, Till the sphery pæan pause, And the universal chime Falter out of tune and time.
From The Poems of William Watson by William Watson
She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
From Milton's Comus by William Bell
She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by William Joseph Long
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