Swedenborg

[ sweed-n-bawrg; Swedish sveyd-n-bawr-yuh ]

/ ˈswid nˌbɔrg; Swedish ˈsveɪd nˌbɔr yə /

noun

E·ma·nu·el

[ih-man-yoo-uh l; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/, Emanuel Swedberg, 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.

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Examples from the Web for swedenborg

Swedenborg alone equals him in the veracity and intensity of his visions.
Iconoclasts|James Huneker
Do you know anything about Confucius, Shintoism, or Swedenborg, beyond the names?
Stover at Yale|Owen Johnson
Swedenborg is the angel sitting at the tomb: his writings are the linen clothes folded up.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell|William Blake
Swedenborg tried to avoid the pantheistic conclusion of his foundation principle, and believed that he had succeeded.
William Blake|Charles Gardner

Swedenborg, the theologian, set down in due form many of the principles that underlie the modern nebular hypothesis.
Astronomy|David Todd

British Dictionary definitions for swedenborg

Swedenborg

/ (ˈswiːdənˌbɔːɡ, Swedish ˈsveːdənbɔrj) /

noun

Emanuel (eˈmanuel). original surname Svedberg. 1688–1772, Swedish scientist and theologian, whose mystical ideas became the basis of a religious movement

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