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Lucifer
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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Lucifer morning star; Satan. OE. — L.
lūcifer, f.
lūx,
lūc- LIGHT1 +
-fer bearing. As the name of a friction match
Lucifer succeeded to
Promethean (both XIX).
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Lucifer Lighting Company to Exhibit at AIA Show in "Push Button House".
Business Wire; 5/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...operated shipping container SAN ANTONIO -- Lucifer Lighting Company--a premier manufacturer...in San Antonio, Texas from May 3-5. Lucifer Lighting's booth at the AIA epitomizes...exhibiting at the show, locally headquartered Lucifer Lighting was selected for inclusion on...
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Weekly Peek: Devil's fate decided in 'I, Lucifer'
Newspaper article from: Daily Record, The Wooster, OH; 5/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...give the devil a shot at redemption, old Lucifer decides it's time to get some icing with his cake, in Glen Duncan's "I, Lucifer." Declan Gunn, a mediocre British author...angel of Heaven has yet to come home. Lucifer. There's one last deal to be made with...
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 "The Saturday Star (South Africa)")
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Operation Destroy Lucifer - how cops took aim at NPA.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa); 5/30/2009; 700+ words
; BYLINE: Karyn Maughan "DESTROY Lucifer". That's what the SAPS called its...suspects targeted by the police's Destroy Lucifer investigators. Mphego claims it was his involvement in "Destroy Lucifer" that compelled the NPA to arrest him...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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LUCIFER'S STONE WINS.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...wire reports HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- Lucifer's Stone rallied to edge favored Dynamia...fillies and mares. Ridden by Jose Santos, Lucifer's Stone was timed in 1:52 3/5 in a field of 12. Lucifer's Stone paid $9.40, $4.40 and...
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Lucifer's Stone Wins Gulfstream Feature
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/29/2004; 410 words
; ...2004 Dateline: HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. Lucifer's Stone (1), ridden by Jose Santos...Photo/Equi-Photo, Ryan McAlinden) Lucifer's Stone rallied to edge favored Dynamia...fillies and mares. Ridden by Jose Santos, Lucifer's Stone was timed in 1:52 3-5 in...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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INTERMITTENT INCOHERENCE BEDEVILS 'LUCIFER'.(ENTERTAINMENT/WEEKEND/SPOTLIGHT)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 2/2/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...DUMAS ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS STAFF WRITER Lucifer Tonite Grade B Written by Don Becker...8082. Don Becker's latest creation, Lucifer Tonite, offers a strange and wonderful...unique, both repellent and fascinating. Lucifer Tonite is his most ambitious work to date...
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Harris soars over a flawed `Lucifer'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/20/1991; ; 700+ words
; LUCIFER'S CHILD Monologue based on the writings...Colonial Theater through March 24 The title "Lucifer's Child" refers to the Danish writer...fall from grace (nose-diving next to Lucifer) were it not for Julie Harris playing...
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Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular Culture.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and...abounded in recent years. I thus expected Lucifer Ascending by Bill Ellis to be a rather...included more about this latter subject in Lucifer Ascending, although I know he deals with...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Lucifer Bleu will be the one they all have to beat.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 2/24/2007; 650 words
; ...difficult even for me to ignore the claims of Lucifer Bleu in the Racing Post Chase at Kempton...than he will be in future handicaps. Lucifer Bleu is thrown in because of the early...he is the one they all have to beat. Lucifer Bleu's latest success resulted in Pipe...
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Lucifer 's devil of a chance
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 2/24/2007; ; 509 words
; ...substantial pay-out if, as expected, Lucifer Bleu (3.30) lands the Racing Post...an anomaly in the handicapping system, Lucifer Bleu could give the opposition a few lengths...up a further 24lbs.Unfortunately for Lucifer Bleu's rivals that enormous hike doesn...
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Lucifer
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Lucifer the rebel archangel whose fall from heaven...supposed to be referred to in Isaiah 14:12; Lucifer was traditionally interpreted as the name...and gives rise to the expression proud as Lucifer . The name comes (in Old English) from...
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Lucifer of Cagliari
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lucifer of Cagliari , d. 370, bishop of Cagliari, Sardinia (353-70), violent...Milan (355) that Constantius disbanded by exiling the Catholic delegates. Lucifer was bitter against those who seemed to submit to Arianism, and on his return...
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Albigenses
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...principles, good and bad, saying that God had produced Lucifer from himself; that Lucifer was indeed the son of God who revolted against...who were driven from Heaven along with him; that Lucifer in his exile created this world with its inhabitants...
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Satan
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...sometimes as Samael but more often as Lucifer, a bright angel called son of the morning...myth, on the third day of creation, Lucifer walked in the Garden of Eden covered with...How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer son of the morning! How art thou cast...
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Veidt, Conrad
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Nachtgestalten (Oswald) (as the Comedian); Episode 1 (as the Hermit from Elu/Lucifer), Episode 2 (as Gubetta/Lucifer), and Episode 3 (as Grodski/Lucifer) of Satanas (Murnau) 1920 Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr...
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